"Good friend to Zhou Meijun!" A group of people dressed in a group of merchants walked in. The leader was a fat man with a burly figure. He immediately saluted when he saw Zhou Mei. If Li Zhang was here, he would definitely recognize that this person was Jinshan, which had not been seen for several years. However, although Jinshan has gained weight again now, it is not as fat as he was in the capital. At most, he can only be said to be fatter than ordinary people.

"Commander Yang is here. I heard that you are going to chase and kill the female members of the White Horse Division. You must have gained a lot, right?" After Jinshan finished his salute, he saw Yang Wenguang next to him, and immediately said with a bright smile.

When Kingsoft decided to stay in Qingzhou, Li Zhang also helped him settle in Qingzhou and introduced him to many people, such as Cao Wei and Cao Ma, who were taken care of by these officials, Kingsoft started business again. He also helped Li Zhang reform the border market before, and thus met many people, including Han and foreigners.

Relying on his familiarity, Kingsoft started to do business as a second-hand dealer, such as buying cloth from the Han people, selling porcelain to foreigners, buying leather from the foreigners, and selling horses to Han merchants, making the difference from it. You must know that the trade in border markets has always been huge profits, so Kingsoft quickly accumulated a lot of capital.

However, the easiest thing to make in the northwest is war money, especially Jinshan is very familiar with the army. So when the Song Dynasty launched a war against Dangxiang this time, he and a group of merchants immediately chased after him like sharks that smelled blood, specifically purchasing some spoils that the army was not convenient to carry, such as women, large and valuable items. After all, the army originally carried more supplies. If there were too many spoils, it would seriously drag down the speed of the march.

It is precisely because of the above that the opportunity for merchants like Kingsoft came. They followed closely behind the army and acquired the spoils seized by the army, which were usually settled with money. After all, the banknotes were easy to carry. Of course, the price was also very low when they purchased. After all, they had to bear the transportation costs and the risks on the battlefield, so the price would definitely not be too high. For example, cattle and sheep with a price of ten cents, they might only be willing to make a one-stop deal, which also made the army give them a nickname called "vampire".

"No need to be polite. Although I got good results in the White Horse Department this time, the soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. Shopkeeper Jin, don't put too much pressure on the price!" Zhou Mei was a good player in the war, but she didn't know how to do business and was not used to dealing with these slick businessmen, so she said hard at this time.

"Don't worry, General Zhou, although our group of people came for money, they are also people of the Song Dynasty. They will never treat our soldiers in the Song Dynasty unfairly. The price is easy to discuss. However, the farther away from the Song Dynasty, the greater the cost of transporting goods. So sometimes even if we want to be cheap, we can't lose money!" Jinshan smiled and said to Zhou Mei. There were people doing beheading business, but no one did the loss-making business, and it was not easy for them, such as businessmen.

"I know all of these. You follow Wenguang to check out the things you want to sell, and then estimate the price. As long as the price is appropriate, you will cross the Yellow River and occupy Xingzhou in the future. You will have a chance to get rich!" Zhou Mei pointed at Yang Wenguangdao impatiently at this time. Dealing with cunning businessmen like Kingsoft always made him feel the urge to chop people, but he also knew that Kingsoft has a strong background and he would definitely not be able to offend him.

"General Xie, then it's a good idea to Commander Yang!" It was not the first time that Jinshan had dealt with Zhou Mei, so he naturally knew that he didn't like people like him, so he was very tactful at this time.

Yang Wenguang actually didn't like businessmen like Kingsoft. After all, most of them have straightforward tempers. It's really not used to meeting Kingsoft and other guys who are full of twists and turns. But Shangguan Youming, he had to obey. At that moment, he had to agree to take Kingsoft and others to leave the tent.

There were tens of thousands of people in the White Horse Division, and almost all men were killed. After all, Zhou Mei and the others were pioneers, and the number was not large. If they wanted to detain prisoners of war, they would have to divide some of their men. Of course, the most important thing was that the White Horse Division was Li Yuanhao's loyalty, and he would rather die than surrender. Zhou Mei also suffered considerable casualties in order to break through the White Horse Division, and finally his eyes were red. The surface of the Yellow River is now full of discarded headless corpses.

Looking at the dead Dangxiang people, Jinshan and others looked like a pity, because a strong Dangxiang slave can also sell at a good price. Some mines like to use these prisoners of war to mine the most, but Dangxiang people are not easy to discipline. Apart from the purely powerful job of mining, they cannot do any other work. In contrast, although Dangxiang women are a bit fierce, they are easy to raise, and the price is several times more expensive than men.

The prisoner-of-war camp arrived soon. Kingsoft and others first checked these women, and then called a group of their respective managers to subdivid them into pieces. The young and beautiful ones are of course the most expensive, while the old, ugly, sick and disabled ones are considered free gifts.

In addition to these women, there were many other spoils this time, such as wool, salt stored in the tribe, and a salt lake in the west of Xingzhou, so the Dangxiang people also controlled the salt industry in the northwest. Many Dangxiang tribes used salt to pay the bills when trading with the Han people.

Of course, there are also some items used by the Dangxiang nobles, such as tents, vehicles, furs, etc., and even ordinary ox carts and Jinshan. It can be said that as long as it is something that can be sold for money, Jinshan and others almost refuse to accept it. The army joked that whenever Jinshan and others walked, even the land would be scraped off three points.

After seeing these spoils, several merchants whispered to discuss and allocate the one they wanted. Yang Wenguang next to him watched coldly because the army had a tacit understanding with those of Kingsoft, they just left the things they wanted to sell to Kingsoft. As for how they allocate within them, the army did not care.

After a while, the people of Kingsoft and others discussed the distribution, and then went to estimate the price, and then listed a detailed list to hand it over to Yang Wenguang. Yang Wenguang didn't look at it, so he returned to Zhou Mei's tent with this thing. After all, except for some of the spoils sold to the court, the rest were also distributed to the soldiers according to military merits. If something went wrong, he would not be able to bear the responsibility, so Zhou Mei had to decide everything.

Looking at the dense lists in his hand, Zhou Mei also had a headache. He had regretted more than once. Why didn’t he think about bringing a few civilians to the army before, so that he could help him share some affairs. However, in order to accelerate the march, he did not bring any other personnel except the five thousand elite soldiers, and even half of the food and supplies were brought. The remaining half was stolen from the Dangxiang people. Now he couldn’t find a clerk.

In desperation, Zhou Mei still endured her headache and read the order. In fact, he also had experience. After all, it was not the first time he sold these spoils and knew about the approximate price. Therefore, merchants like Kingsoft dared not put the price too low. Therefore, Zhou Mei was generally satisfied and agreed to this transaction at the moment. Then the order was saved by him and he would need to hand it over to Zhao Zhen at that time, so the army would not say that he was seeking personal gain.

Three days later, news about Zhao Zhen's army finally came. Zhou Mei's vanguard army swept across the various departments of Dangxiang, and Zhao Zhen's army was not idle, but attacked Xiping Prefecture, another important military town of Dangxiang.

Xiping Prefecture originally belonged to the Song Dynasty, also called Lingzhou. More than 30 years ago, Li Jiqian rebelled and sent troops to conquer Lingzhou and killed Pei Ji, the governor of Lingzhou. Later, the Dangxiang people continued to invade the south based on this and erode a lot of the territory of the Song Dynasty. However, later Li Deming felt that Xingzhou on the west bank of the Yellow River is more suitable for the capital. After all, it was separated from the Song Dynasty by the natural danger of the Yellow River, so he moved to Xingzhou.

As one of the important military centers of the Dangxiang people, Xiping Prefecture also has several large tribes stationed in the city. Many farmland have been reclaimed outside the city, and the defenders alone have reached 20,000. Faced with such a strong city, it is definitely not something that Zhou Mei, the vanguard army of 5,000 people, can be conquered, so they bypassed Xiping Prefecture and handed over this difficult bone to Zhao Zhen, the main army. Now that the news has come, Zhao Zhen besieged Xiping Prefecture and ordered the army to attack Xiping Prefecture. It is still unclear when it will be conquered.
Chapter completed!