Zhou Ziqing and Fan Liangchen both ignored one person, that is Yuan Feng. They both thought that the whole thing was a coincidence. The Qiang people planned to sell their horses and happened to find a man from Shibalibao to facilitate them. As a result, they were arrested.
Fan Liangchen deceived him and exchanged 300 horses for tea-horse coupons. Then Magistrate Liu gave guidance and arranged for Yuan Feng and others to go on the road to arrest smuggling, thus turning tea-horse coupons from waste paper into delicious meat.
But this is not the case, everything is planned by Yuan Feng, but Yuan Feng is a teenager after all, who would have thought that he has such a scheming mind.
Zhou Ziqing and Liu Songpo are old friends. He thought it was his old friend who helped him revive the tea horse method. He felt grateful but also a little sad. Poor Songpo was demoted to a small county magistrate in a border area and still remembered it.
In national affairs, such a loyal minister is really rare.
In Fan Liangchen's mind, Yuan Feng is a loyal and stubborn young man, who accepts death, is moral, and is extremely righteous to himself. In the past, he used tea-horse coupons to fool others, and they repaid evil with kindness, helping him to ascend to a high position.
A person should repay every drop of kindness. In the future, regardless of whether Yuan Feng wants to do business or develop in the officialdom, as a sworn brother, I will do my best to help him.
The Yuchi family is hugely powerful and has complicated relationships. Even the Minister of Household Affairs has no authority to question them directly. What's more, there is no conclusive evidence for plotting to assassinate the imperial officials. For such a huge interest group with intricate economic and political relationships, we can only deal with it slowly.
Digging its roots slowly, and cultivating a competitor is the best way. The Shibalibao people have a good relationship with the Qiang people, and they have the care of Liu Zhixian. More importantly, they have already gone against the Yuchi family, and Xun Shang Road
With more support, a force can be formed to check and balance the Yuchi family in a short period of time.
"Remember, we need balance rather than the strength of one party. Nowadays, the Yuchi family can flout national laws and openly assassinate officials. If we knock him down, another family will take its place, and it may become even more rampant, so you
We must always pay attention, even if we support Shibali Fort, we can go too far. We do not want to see a situation where one family dominates." Zhou Ziqing said.
"Remember the teacher's teachings, students dare not forget them." Fan Liangchen bowed to the end.
At the same time, in an inn run by Yuchi's family in Lanzhou Prefecture, the big shopkeeper Yuchijiong had a gloomy face and had been sitting for a long time. The four shopkeepers and others stood aside and waited carefully. Wu Daotai's downfall was so fast that they had no time.
Reaction, since you are in this business, you will inevitably have to deal with the Xunshang Road. The current Fan Daotai and the Yuchi family have enmity. Now that they are in power, they will definitely be attacked. Where to go now depends on the big shopkeeper.
"Otherwise, we ask the governor to make peace. In the past, it was all misunderstandings..." Han Shihe said softly.
"Of course we have to do something about it, but it may not work. The imperial court is going to make big moves recently. It's going to be a storm." Yu Chijiong said leisurely.
"The goods are still being held in Shibali Fort. If this matter is not handled properly, it will be difficult for the family owner to explain. I heard that someone in Hekou Town is already selling tea-horse coupons openly. Although the price is a bit high, it is not high.
That’s outrageous. Otherwise, if we buy some first, we will have an explanation if the court really pursues us later. We are bowing to the court, not to Shibali Fort. There should be no problem in terms of face.”
After listening to the fourth shopkeeper's suggestion, Yu Chijiong nodded slowly, "It's okay. Everything in the officialdom is easy to talk about. Everything the court does is a gust of wind. Just let them get over it for a while. Let's give them a face and wait.
After this period of time, they have to give us face. They have been doing this for many years, but this Shibali Fort is really difficult to fight. They are determined to seize food from the tiger's mouth. Since they have a close relationship with Fan Daotai
Okay, we can’t be too presumptuous, we can always find a place to start if we ask people to investigate.”
It was already daylight when Fan Liangchen came out of Zhou Shangshu's office. When he returned to his office, he saw a sedan waiting at the door. It turned out that Boss Cai of the pawnshop came to pay a visit. A small pawnshop owner paid homage to the four of them.
As a high-ranking official, you see him just as he says. Fan Liangchen ignored him and entered the yamen. He had breakfast first, rested for a while, and read official documents for a while. He didn't let Boss Cai in until noon.
Boss Cai knelt down as soon as he entered the door. When he saw a red silk package, he couldn't say anything and just shook his head. An official next to him helped and said: "This boss Cai is here to return the treasure of the great master."
, they borrowed the eldest man’s treasure to watch it for two days, and the children in the family were able to recite Tang poems backwards, so they specially offered a token of thanks..."
After saying that, he handed over the gift list. Fan Liangchen took a look and saw that it was five hundred taels of silver. He pushed it back and said, "Boss Cai, I pawned a box of pens, inks and inkstones at your pawn shop the day before yesterday. I still have the pawn ticket."
Here, I will send someone to deliver the money later. As for the five hundred taels you gave me, there is no reason for it, so I cannot accept it."
Boss Cai was even more frightened, thinking that Fan Liangchen hated him, so he kept kowtowing. Fan Liangchen smiled faintly, stepped forward and said: "Although the pawnshop is not a charity, you can't take advantage of it. Sometimes, you can save a person's life by being a little more lenient.
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Boss Cai paused and said: "What I have learned from you is that the people will remember it."
After beating Boss Cai, Fan Liangchen felt even more energetic and deeply aware of the beauty of power. All of this was due to Yuan Feng's righteousness. He thought of this and wrote a letter to the Xunshang Branch Office in Hekou Town. In addition to assigning some tasks
Apart from official business, I casually mentioned some "irrelevant" things and briefly touched on my relationship with the people in Shibalibao. I think the people below will naturally have a sense of proportion.
With the support of the Minister of Hubu, everything is easy to handle. The second batch of Qiang horses totaled 500, and they were purchased at a price of 200 taels each. The total amount of silver was 100,000 taels, which was directly allocated by the Ministry of Hunan. To be honest, this price was enough
Absolutely kind, much higher than the market price in Lanzhou, but a lot of the silver was paid in cash. The Ministry of Revenue personally organized a batch of brick tea, porcelain, ironware, and cloth to be transported to the Qiang land.
Everyone is happy, both parties save a lot of trouble, and many people can benefit from the whole transaction process. Although Yuan Feng is young, he is a good person. He spreads a lot of money and all the yamen take care of it. Now he is
Fan Daotai's ally was considered a figure in the scene, and he knew how to advance and retreat. Naturally, he was quickly recognized by Lanzhou officials. In less than ten days, everyone knew that a young talent had recently emerged in the northwest trading firm.
Seeing the people of Shibalibao becoming more and more powerful, Yuchijiong saw it and was anxious in his heart. He had an extremely sophisticated vision and believed that the core of all problems lay in Yuan Feng. Information gathered from all aspects proved that
This person is not an ordinary person, his origin is unknown, he moved to Shibalibao ten years ago, his uncle died last year, and he was adopted by Hu Laizi who opened a tavern. It is said that he was once called a fool.
But everything changed one day in the twelfth lunar month. On this day, Tian Yuanfeng killed Shao Yidao, the son of the great swordsman Du Yi Dao, and then killed Du Yi Dao himself three days later. From then on, he was out of control and led a group of teenagers to wipe out ten people who were rampant in the northwest.
The only knife gang that has existed for more than ten years, the reputation of young swordsmen intimidated people from all over the country and eight counties.
Yu Chijiong had seen Du Yi Dao and knew that this man's sword skills were profound. If you don't have thirty years of practice, don't even think about getting an advantage in front of him. Yuan Feng, a boy who is only fifteen or sixteen years old, is capable of killing Du Yi Dao. His level is impressive.
As you can imagine, it is not enough to be good at martial arts, but he is also very clever in strategy. At a young age, he became the head of the county government's fast class and the local Baozheng. He also developed a relationship with the Qiang people, and now he is sworn to Fan Daotai.
Brother, he has the tendency to dominate the tea and horse trade in the northwest. Who can look down on such a person?
I am afraid that neither force attack nor assassination will be effective. Only by carefully searching for this person's weaknesses and defeating them can we succeed. After asking more than a dozen businessmen who often stayed at Shibalibao, Yuchijiong finally found the location of Yuan Feng's life gate.
"The so-called hero is saddened by beauty. Although this boy is strong, there is someone in his heart that he can't let go of. He is the mute daughter of Hu Laizi's family. He kidnapped her. Why worry about this boy not being obedient?" Yu Chijiong said to Han Shihe.
"Thank you, great shopkeeper. I will send someone to make arrangements right now."
"Remember, this matter must be kept confidential and no mistakes can be made."