Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 211
"The owner of the fourth account is Wei Ruhua? The only daughter of the old eunuch Wei, the god-sister of Zhang Haogu, a little mad dog?!" Fan Yongdou and Huang Yunlong jumped up together, and the rest Wang Dengku, Zhai Ying and Ning Wan and the three of us didn't know the inside story, so we asked in confusion: "What is the fourth account? What is the only daughter of the old eunuch Wei?"

"Dabing, have you confirmed this news? The owner of the fourth account is really the only daughter of the old eunuch Wei?" Fan Yongdou ignored Ning Wan, me and the others, but asked Chen Dabing nervously.Chen Dabin nodded, and solemnly replied: "Master, it's absolutely true! On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Wei Zhongxian's daughter went to Wang Binghong's bank in person. One was to change the name of her account, and the other was to confirm how much money she had in the account. I also told the clerk of Wang Binghong Bank that if there is any new money transferred to the account, every time it exceeds 1 taels, I will go to Wei Zhongxian's house and report to her once!"

"In this way, the fourth account belongs to Wei Zhongxian's daughter, and the third account must belong to that little mad dog Zhang Haogu! Their siblings teamed up and secretly manipulated Wu Erhua and Ma Jun in Zhangjiakou. Making huge profits!" Fan Yongdou was surprised, worried and nervous, and a little joyful, and murmured: "No wonder Wu Erhua and Ma Jun are so arrogant, saying that we have to fight them or get out of Zhangjiakou. Their behind-the-scenes boss is also the old eunuch Wei! With the strong support of the old eunuch Wei, it will be difficult for them not to block the border market of Zhangjiakou."

"Treasurer Fan Da, what should we do now?" Huang Yunlong asked nervously: "With the old eunuch Wei and the little mad dog Zhang Haogu joining forces to support those two living treasures, relying on the strength of the barbarians in our hands alone in the officialdom, it is absolutely impossible Can't beat them."

"Damn it, Wei old dog!" Jin Liangyu yelled angrily, and roared: "I gave him 20 taels of silver, but he didn't get the position of Xuanda Governor. Dare to back up my opponents in the business field, and want to drive them out of Zhangjiakou and monopolize Zhangjiakou's business! Laozi, Laozi..., if you are in a hurry, I will spend tens of thousands of taels of silver and buy a few assassins to kill him. Get rid of that old dog!"

"What are you guys talking about?" Ning Wanwo, Wang Dengku, and Zhai Ying became more and more confused the more they listened, and couldn't help interrupting Fan Yongdou and the others.When the matter came to this point, even if Fan Yongdou wanted to keep concealing it, he had no choice but to tell the whole story of the matter. Who knew that Wang Dengku was not only not annoyed after hearing this, but shouted joyfully: "Every shopkeeper, this is Great opportunity! For so many years, we have always wanted to find the old eunuch Wei as our strong backer, but we have not been able to do so. With the help of those two live treasures this time, isn't it the same as indirectly pulling the old eunuch Wei to be our backer? ?”

"Wang Laogou, don't think too much." Tian Shenglan said angrily: "Those two live treasures want to take [-]% of the profit from us. If we ask them for help, isn't it just helping them?"

"Old Tian, ​​although your words are reasonable, but your vision is still not far-sighted enough." Zhai Ying, who dreamed of expanding the scale of her business, retorted, and said plausibly: "Giving those two live treasures a [-]% profit, on the surface it seems that we It’s a loss, but we smuggled goods under their banner, which is equivalent to pulling the tiger skins of the old eunuch Wei and Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog as a banner. Who would dare to investigate us? Moreover, the business names of those two live treasures are too weak. Shallow, the influence is currently limited to the Zhangjiakou area, and the goods in their hands are still too simple, so they want to use the method of borrowing the flag to make money - to replace it with our eight powerful backers who can monopolize Zhangjiakou. For all private goods channels, even if others give us [-]% to [-]% of the profits, will we lend them the flag?" As she spoke, Zhai Ying pointed to Guest Liang and asked, "Master Liang, if you monopolize Zhangjiakou's If someone else gives you [-]% of the export channels for private goods, will you lend them the channels?"

"Of course not. If that's the case, you don't have 34% of the share, so don't even think about opening your mouth!" Liang Jiabin nodded and echoed: "What the shopkeeper Zhai said makes sense. In all fairness, the hearts of those two living treasures are not too dark. At least they still have the idea of ​​sharing profits with us. Moreover, their foundation is too shallow. The semicolons of our eight families are spread all over the [-] state capitals in the north and south of the river. There is no place we can't reach inside and outside the customs. I believe they are still very interested in making a fortune with us. So I suggest that the eight of us can talk to them again and let them take [-]% of our profits!"

"Yes." Zhai Ying nodded vigorously, and said longingly: "What's even better, the eight of us can use those two live treasures to expand our business, and extend our hands to water transportation, salt transportation and sea transportation. Tongzhou merchants, Zhejiang merchants and Fujian merchants are monopolized, and the oil and water are much more lucrative than ours in Zhangjiakou. Those two living treasures and the old eunuch Wei behind them and the little mad dog Zhang Haogu must have been coveted for a long time. Let's cooperate with them from these places They will definitely agree to make money, and they will definitely support us with all their strength. At that time, even if we are taken [-]% by them, we will definitely earn more money than before!"

"There are also arms!" Wang Dengku said surprisingly, "Up to now, apart from steel knives and iron guns, the weapons we sell are mostly firearms. Those two live treasures dare to directly sell Franc machine guns, which proves that they must have In this regard, if we cooperate with them to obtain more profitable cannons, isn’t it easy? Maybe we can even get Hongyi cannons, so the profit will be higher?”

"It makes sense. Although we will lose some profits by cooperating with those two live treasures, we can also take the opportunity to expand our business and maybe earn more." In addition to Fan Yongdou and Huang Yunlong, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu and Tian Shenglan nodded together, They were all very moved by this.Even Ning Wan and I were a little surprised, "What? You can still get the Hongyi Cannon? Go get it quickly, try to get me twenty or thirty guns. With this thing, our Dajin siege battle will Much easier."

"Everyone, don't be too happy." The old treacherous Huang Yunlong reminded: "This incident happened too suddenly, we can't be careless, let alone rash - as far as I know, the old eunuch Wei used to He has always only focused on the trade in Jiangnan, and used his godson Li Shi to make money in Jiangnan, but this time he suddenly focused on Zhangjiakou again, what is the reason?"

"Perhaps, it's what we did to the governor of Liaodong, reminding the old eunuch Wei that he can still make a fortune in Zhangjiakou." Fan Yongdou finally spoke, and said slowly: "Do you still remember that we used to use Feng Quan and Cui Chengxiu and other eunuchs, and When Wei Laogou got on the line, they were all evasive and refused to agree. Apart from the fact that they were afraid that Wei Laogou knew that they were covering up our smuggled goods, there was probably another important reason, that is, they were afraid of knowing that Wei The old eunuch knew how profitable Zhangjiakou was, and was worried that the old eunuch Wei would skip them and collect money from us, cutting off their money! But this time, in order to buy the governor of Liaodong the position of Xuanda Governor, we finally negotiated with Wei The old eunuch met and got on the line. Although Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, took advantage of us to get the position of Xuanda governor, it also indirectly deepened the old eunuch Wei's impression of us, knowing how profitable our Zhangjiakou is. Fenghou, it is reasonable to want to reach out to Zhangjiakou."

Speaking of this, Fan Yongdou said bitterly again: "In this way, some things can be explained a while ago - Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, became the governor of Xuanda, and one of his secret missions was to open up a source of income for the old eunuch Wei in Zhangjiakou, so He tried his best to win us over and wanted us to be a tool for him to make money, but we were afraid that he had malicious intentions and dared not agree, so Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, had to choose to support Wu Erhua and Ma Jun, two living treasures. Get money in Zhangjiakou, and also get money for the old eunuch Wei! Otherwise, Wu Erhua and Ma Jun, two living treasures, have been in Zhangjiakou for two years, and their business has never been dead. How could they become so powerful all of a sudden? Zhang Haogu, a little mad dog Without the acquiescence of the old eunuch Wei, how dare you block all the ways to get rich in Zhangjiakou, and only let those two live treasures get rich?"

"That makes sense." Huang Yunlong finally nodded, and said in a deep voice: "In other words, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog suddenly killed a carbine in Zhangjiakou, which can also be explained - he couldn't get money through us, so he came back quietly , reached a secret agreement with those two living treasures who have certain influence in the barbarian court, and made a fortune through them!"

"Yes! That's the reason! Those two live treasures have been in Zhangjiakou for two years, and they just met Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog. If Zhang Haogu wants to deal with us, he wants to find out that we are smuggling prohibited materials. Da Jin's crimes, how dare he entrust these two strangers? He is not afraid that these two treasures will betray him?" Jin Liangyu slapped the table and said firmly: "Unless, Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, died two years ago. He has already planned to deal with us, and sent those two clowns to Zhangjiakou as undercover agents two years ago! So now we can be sure that Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, came to Xuanda just to make a fortune, not to deal with us!"

"That's right, Little Mad Dog Zhang Haogu really wanted to clean us up, so he wouldn't use these two trinkets to set him up, unless he had already made up his mind to clean us up two years ago." Tian Shenglan echoed, and smiled: "But It's a pity that we didn't know Little Mad Dog Zhang Haogu at all two years ago, and Little Mad Dog Zhang Haogu had never been to Zhangjiakou, so it's absolutely impossible to use those two live treasures to set us up. "

"It's a pity—!" Zhai Ying screamed suddenly, beating her chest and stamping her feet, "If I had known that Zhang Haogu was just here to make a fortune, I should have agreed to give him a secret share in the capital! At that time, Zhang Haogu Mad Dog also specifically asked me about the business a few times, implying that he wanted to add dark shares, why didn't I agree, and it was cheaper for Wu Erhua and Ma Jun, two cunning babies?"

"I'm even more sorry!" Wang Dengku screamed even louder, "I knew Zhang Haogu little mad dog a year and a half ago, Zhang Haogu little mad dog was appointed as the governor of Xuanda, and he asked me directly to secretly Stocks, why do I say that the small profits are not given to him? Damn, damn Zhang Haogu, little mad dog, if you said earlier that the old eunuch Wei also participated in the share, would I not agree to you?" Several other locust merchants They also lamented and regretted, regretting that the last time they met in Xuanfu Town, why didn't Young Master Zhang join the dark stock, and missed this god-given opportunity for nothing?

"Don't call it a pity! I didn't stop you at that time, and I didn't let you give Zhang Haogu's little mad dog a secret stock. It's because you are guilty and dare not agree." Fan Yongdou glared at Wang Dengku, I thought that since Zhang Haogu's little mad dog came for money, then the incident with the new musket last time was most likely caused by you, Mr. Wang. When this matter is over, let's see how I deal with it. you!
"Okay, everyone, stop blaming others. If you really want to blame it, blame us all for being cowardly and forgetting the ancient saying 'The timid will starve to death, the bold will starve to death'." Fan Yongdou finally concluded: "Today It's already late at night, everyone should go back and think carefully all night, and we will gather here tomorrow, if everyone has no objections, then tomorrow we will discuss with those two live treasures, give them a [-]% commission, and join hands to make a fortune!"

"And my Hongyi cannon, don't forget it." Ning Wan and I hurriedly said: "Tomorrow I will disguise myself as a businessman from outside the pass, and I will go with you to find that Wu Erhua and that Ma Jun, and see if they can help us. Daikin got much-needed siege artillery!"

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After finding out that Wu Er and Ma Jun were still standing behind Wei Zhongxian participating in the share, the eight locust merchants headed by Fan Yongdou finally let go of their guard and unanimously passed the decision to go to Wu Er and Ma Jun to negotiate again.In the morning of the next day, after reconfirming that everyone had no objection, the Eight Great Locust Merchants went to Laiyuanbao in a mighty manner again, and entered the crowded Wuji Silk and Satin Village. Before the Eight Great Locust Merchants opened their mouths, Wu Er The shopkeeper laughed first and said, "Eight big shopkeepers, when you left last time, I told you that you would come back, how is it? Am I right?"

"Treasurer Wu Erhua is indeed a hero born out of a boy. I am ashamed of what happened last time. Please don't mind nephew Wu Xian." Fan Yongdou smiled awkwardly, and secretly scolded Wu Erhua for being crazy, and Wei Zhongxian standing behind him was so arrogant.Shopkeeper Wu Er said with a smile: "Okay, how about this, I'll ask someone to go to Fuxing Building to prepare a banquet, and then I'll call that bastard Ma Jun over, let's talk while eating."

As expected by the Eight Locust Merchants, shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun, who have very shallow foundations, really hope to cooperate with them. After a tense negotiation at the dinner table, shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun finally agreed to only draw [-]%, but asked the eight big Every time the locust merchants shipped goods, they had to have their buddies present to monitor them. The eight major locust merchants knew that this was Wu Er, the shopkeeper, and Ma Jun was still on guard against them falsely reporting the quantity of goods and escaping. After discussing, they all agreed. Express your sincerity.And the eight locust merchants also put forward an additional condition, that is, if their goods encounter any trouble in the customs, I hope that the shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun can make a move to settle it, and the shopkeeper Wu Er immediately patted his chest and agreed, "No problem, as long as On the land of Daming, no matter what problems happen to the goods of the shopkeepers, we can solve them! Hmph, it’s not that our brothers are bragging—our backstage is much tougher than you imagine.”

"Come on, who doesn't know that your biggest backer is the old eunuch Wei?" The eight locust merchants smiled apologetically and snorted coldly in their hearts.After Ning Wan over there, I couldn't wait to say: "You two young shopkeepers, can you get the artillery? I heard that the two young shopkeepers happen to have a batch of artillery in their hands. I have been walking outside the customs for a long time, and I know that. It is very popular among Mongolian tribes, and the eight big shopkeepers also want to eat this batch."

"Cannon? It's sold out." Ma Jun, who was digging his ears with a pure gold earpick, hummed and said, "If you want, we can give you some activities, and we will let you know when we have news." , Ma Jun blew off the dirt on the ear picks, and said grandly: "Don't talk about the Franji small cannon, even the Hongyi cannon, as long as you can afford the price, we can get it!"

"Okay, then I'll leave it to shopkeepers Wu Er and Ma Da." Fan Yongdou cupped his hands and asked again: "You two young shopkeepers, how about we start shipping today?"

"Don't worry." Shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun shook their heads together, and shopkeeper Wu Er said, "We still have something to do today, and we have to go to Juyongguan in a while, and we can discuss how to ship the goods when we come back."

"Go to Juyongguan first? Could it be to report the news?" Fan Yongdou was startled, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help laughing again—these two treasures are really going to report the news, and it is enough to send a buddy to deliver the letter. where to go?The few locust merchants over there who were sealed up by the Ming army and were so anxious that they asked Wu Er and Ma Jun the purpose of going to Xuanfu Town, but the two live treasures did not say anything about it. They only said that the matter was very important and could not be delayed. The specific shipping details must wait until they return from Juyongguan.Several locust merchants had no choice but to let them go.

After the agreement was reached, shopkeeper Wu Er and Ma Jun really went to Juyongguan together. In case of emergency, Fan Yongdou and others had to be dispatched to keep an eye on them secretly, lest they play tricks.What Fan Yongdou and several locust merchants didn't expect was that in the evening, someone took the initiative to send Wu Er and Ma Jun the purpose of going to Juyongguan——Wang Binghong, who was in charge of monitoring the flow of funds of the two live treasures, quietly went to Fan Yongdou's house, Reported to Fan Yongdou: "Uncle Fan, surnamed Wu and Ma, went to Juyongguan to meet the British Duke Zhang Weixian, as well as Zhang Weixian's eldest son Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Weixian's niece Mei Qingyun."

"British Duke Zhang Weixian, what is he doing at Xuanda?" Fan Yongdou was very surprised.Wang Binghong said in a low voice: "Send his niece Mei Qingyun to Yanghe to marry the new governor Zhang Haogu! Zhang Haogu and Mei Qingyun's wedding date is set on February [-], the day when the dragon raises its head. Zhang Haogu is busy with The political affairs could not return to the capital, so Zhang Weixian sent his niece in person. I heard that Zhang Xiantai's parents also came, and the leader of Jinyiwei who brought the army to escort Zhang Weixian was also a confidant of Zhang Xiantai in the capital. His name was Xiao Chuan. Huge. Those surnamed Wu and those surnamed Ma were well-informed, so they withdrew a lot of silver from my nephew's bank account, bought some jewelry, and ran to Juyongguan to flatter me."

"No wonder those two living treasures are so mysterious. I wouldn't have revealed the opportunity to flatter me." Fan Yongdou nodded secretly, and then his heart skipped a beat. Get married? Are you sure?"

"Uncle Fan, why are you asking this?" Wang Binghong was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "Does uncle also want to give gifts to congratulate? That's right, it was the day when the dragon raised his head on February [-]. My nephew and Wu Erhua , Ma Jun got along well, and they suggested that my nephew also go to Yanghe to give some gifts to flatter me, so my nephew knew the date. However, my nephew has a small capital and small profits, so I have to accumulate it slowly, and I don’t want to spend a lot of money to please Zhang Xiantai, when the time comes, send someone to Yanghe to give some gifts, so let’s forget about it.”

"Great opportunity!" Fan Yongdou was so excited that his breath stopped a little, and he shouted in his heart: "Yes, February [-]! Zhang Haogu was busy with his wedding in Yanghe that day, and Hei Yunlong, a bastard tartar, and the rest of the Xuanfu In order to please Zhang Haogu, the little mad dog, the barbarian officials will all go to Yanghe to flatter, and Zhangjiakou's customs defense will also be relaxed! Let's not take the risk of mass shipments these days, and prepare the goods first, and then pass through on that day The two live treasure shops have all shipped the goods. The goods from Dajin Kingdom will depart from Zhangjiakou on February [-], and should arrive in Liaodong around the beginning of March! By then, even if Zhang Haogu’s little mad dog hears the wind, he will not be able to fly even if he grows wings !"

"Thank you, nephew, for reminding me. I will also send someone to give gifts at that time." Repressing his excitement, Fan Yongdou patted Wang Binghong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Nephew, don't worry, as long as nephew continues to help this old man, sooner or later One day, the old man’s banknotes in banks all over the country can be deposited and exchanged with my nephew’s Hengtong Bank’s banknotes.”

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Birds of a feather flock together, and after Fan Yongdou announced to several locust merchants that Young Master Zhang was planning to marry Mei Qingyun in Yanghe on the second day of February, the seven locust merchants immediately shouted, "Zhang Haogu, little mad dog, is going to marry Mei Qingyun on February [-]nd." Worshiping and getting married this day? Then let’s not take the risk of rushing to ship a large number of goods, and wait until February [-] to ship together, and it’s safer than anything else to send the goods from Dajin Kingdom out of the customs!”

"Zhang Haogu's little mad dog is going to worship and get married on February [-]?" Ning Wan and I were thinking differently from the locust merchants, thinking in my heart: "At that time, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's house must be full of people. After entering the bridal chamber, Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's bridal chamber will definitely not have any personal guards present, it is a perfect opportunity to assassinate! If I can bring Zhang Haogu's little mad dog's head back to Liaoyang Go, present it as a congratulatory gift to the Great Khan, so Fan Wencheng and Bao Chengxian dare to compete with me for the position of Chief Hanchen of the Great Jin?"

(End of this chapter)