Fan Yongdou was the only one left in the room when Butler Fan walked in from outside.

"Everyone has left?" Fan Yongdou asked.

"Everyone is leaving," Butler Fan said respectfully.

After agreeing on how to deal with the tiger-character flag, Huang Yunfa and others went back to make preparations. Although they could make the decision for such a big matter, they had to tell their clansmen that suppressing the price also required money, and the money had to be prepared in advance.

Butler Fan changed a cup of hot tea for Fan Yongdou and said, "Sir, didn't the third master say that Jinyiwei has sent someone to investigate? Why not wait a moment longer."

Fan Yongdou took the new tea, blew the hot air inside, and said: "I'm afraid the imperial guard sent to Datong is dead, otherwise it cannot be explained. It has been so long and there is no news about the Tiger Flag in Beijing."

"No way! How can the people of the Tiger Flag be so brave and dare to kill the Jin Yiwei?" Butler Fan looked surprised.

Fan Yongdou sneered and said, "Back when the Tiger Character Banner only had an iron field in Dongshan, you dared to kill the officers and soldiers guarding the camp in Lingqiu. How can it be impossible to kill a few Jinyi guards now?"

When the Lingqiu garrison camp went to Hutou Village to suppress bandits, the Fan family was behind it. Fan Yongdou knew exactly what happened. The Fan family's shopkeeper in Datong, Li Weiming, was transferred to Xinpingbao because of this incident.

Shopkeeper.

Butler Fan lowered his hands to the side and said: "Lowering the price of goods is such a big matter. It requires an important person to sit on the grassland. Who are you going to send, sir?"

Fan Yongdou pondered for a while and said to himself: "The third child Yongcheng is in the capital and cannot come back for the time being. The seventh child Yongkui is a master who cannot help him. Such an important matter cannot be entrusted to him. The rest of the Fan family are either idle or idle.

For those who are not trustworthy enough, there is really no suitable candidate for the moment.”

"Younger, I know that one person is more suitable." Butler Fan said tentatively.

"who?"

"Li Weiming."

"he!"

Fan Yongdou looked thoughtful.

Butler Fan said: "Last time, because of the Lingqiu incident, Shopkeeper Li was sent to Xinpingbao as shopkeeper for more than half a year. Now we have to deal with the Tiger-Character Flag. Shopkeeper Li is the most familiar with the Tiger-Character Flag. He is the perfect person."

The choice has been made.”

"In terms of being familiar with the Tiger Flag, Wang Qifu also has a good understanding of the Tiger Flag." Fan Yongdou rubbed his chin with his fingers.

Butler Fan said: "Shopkeeper Wang did something wrong last time on the grassland, which gave the people of Huzi Banner a chance to contact Beilu. He has always been close to Huzi Qi. It's unclear who he is.

I didn’t mean to help Tiger Flag, this matter is so important, this person can’t use it with confidence.”

"Well, what you said makes some sense." Fan Yongdou nodded, and then said, "Li Weiming is not suitable either. His status is not enough. Others may not be able to trust such an important matter in his hands."

Hearing that Li Weiming was not suitable, Butler Fan frowned and said: "If shopkeeper Li can't do it, then the other shopkeepers will also not be trusted by those proprietors, so we can only call the third master back from the capital.

.”

"No, Yongcheng has to stay in the capital to find out the news and can't come back yet." Fan Yongdou thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to the grassland? With you in charge, I can rest assured that the other companies can't say anything."

Butler Fan was stunned.

Fan Yongdou said: "That's it. You go to the grassland to take charge and assist several Han merchants in Bansheng City to suppress the Tiger Flag. We must squeeze the Tiger Flag out of the grassland."

"yes."

Seeing that Fan Yongdou had already decided, Butler Fan had no choice but to agree.

Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. With the support of the proprietors of the Fan family and the Fanji Chamber of Commerce, no matter how the Tiger Flag handles it, it won't last long. You can come back then."

"Yes." Butler Fan agreed.

The Tiger Character Banner is just a force that has just emerged less than two years ago. Even though it has become a fierce tiger in the Datong area that no one dares to mess with, in terms of financial resources, it cannot compare with the wealth that the Fan family has managed for generations.

.

No matter how you look at this business war in the grassland, Fanji Chamber of Commerce will definitely win, it’s just a matter of time.

However, he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if he had forgotten something.

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"Excuse me, please tell me that Xuanfu Tian Shenglan and Chen Dongzhu want to see Dongzhu Liu."

Tian Shenglan took his greeting card and handed it to the tiger-character flag soldier on guard outside the door.

The soldier took the invitation, took a look at it in his hand, then looked at Tian Shenglan and Chen Liyun, and then said: "You guys wait here."

"Thank you." Tian Shenglan bowed his hand politely.

When the soldier entered the door, Chen Liyun said with a surprised look on his face: "Dr. Tian, ​​is that man just an ordinary guard raised by the Tiger Flag?"

Tian Shenglan nodded and said: "They are guards, but in their own way of saying the Tiger Flag, they are called warriors. There are many such warriors in the Tiger Flag."

"I just saw him opening the greeting card and taking a look at it. Could this person be literate?" Chen Liyun asked his doubts.

Tian Shenglan said with a smile: "The soldiers of the Tiger Character Banner are all literate, and I heard people say that only the soldiers who are more literate can be promoted and important within the Tiger Character Banner."

Chen Liyun said in surprise: "Are all the soldiers of Tiger Character Banner literate? How many teachers are needed to support them?"

He could not imagine that a business owner with a background of bandits would actually make all his subordinates read and write. It was simply unbelievable. You must know that many generals are illiterate, but an ordinary guard thug in Hu Ziqi could actually read.

Tian Shenglan said: "When I first learned about this, I was even more surprised than you. I couldn't imagine that a business like Tiger Flag could actually make everyone under me read and write."

"There are a lot of soldiers fighting for the Tiger Character Banner. How many teachers will we need to hire them?" Chen Liyun sighed.

Tian Shenglan said: "Huziqi opened his own school, which mainly teaches people literacy and calculation. As for the Four Books and Five Classics, it is much easier to learn things like that."

"Isn't this apostasy?" Chen Liyun frowned.

Tian Shenglan smiled and said: "Do you still want people from the Tiger Flag to take part in the imperial examination and take the exam to become a scholar?"

"That's right, I got it wrong." Chen Liyun came back to his senses, shook his head slightly and said, "Tiger Flag is just a business after all, and there is no need to obtain fame. Being literate and knowing how to calculate is indeed enough."

At this moment, two people walked out of the courtyard gate.

The person walking in front was Xu Xuewu, and the people following behind were soldiers with the Tiger Flag who went in to deliver the message.

"Boss Tian, ​​Boss Chen, my boss has invited you, please come with me." Xu Xuewu made an invitation gesture.

"Excuse me for the escort."
Chapter completed!