At this time, Tao Xin was still a little doubtful. The businessman bought three or five war horses. Tao Xin still believed that there would always be bold officers and soldiers who would dare to guard and steal. But a hundred? What is the concept? Just like modern times
To get a hundred armored vehicles and military trucks from the military camp is too much of a fuss!
But it was completely beyond Tao Xin's expectation, and the merchant was unambiguous at all. Only one day later, he really brought a hundred fully equipped war horses. Although there were a few rogue horses mixed in among them, the overall result was that
The quality was also good, which made Tao Xin amazed.
However, this also caught Tao Xin a little off guard. He quickly embezzled 5,000 taels from the newly formed legion's vegetable fund and bought all the horses without bargaining.
Seeing Tao Xin so happy, the businessman was also very happy. He secretly kept three hundred taels as a benefit to Tao Xin. Tao Xin did not refuse, he asked the treasurer of the army to keep it, and then asked
The question in my mind: "Sir, you are so brave that you really sent all these horses over. Aren't you afraid that we would rob them without paying?"
"No!" The businessman laughed, "You are Runing Marshal Wu's people, so you will definitely not break your promise, let alone rob you. Otherwise, Marshal Wu will not be able to spare you!"
"Hahaha——!" Tao Xin laughed proudly. Hearing that Runing Jun was quite trustworthy in the eyes of outside businessmen, Tao Xin felt proud.
"Why did Sir find our Runing Army?" Tao Xin asked another question.
"Actually, we have relationships with every military camp." It was obvious that the businessman was very talkative. "We even have many relationships in the mountains. Moreover, my master is also an old acquaintance of the head of your family, General Yan. Otherwise, we
How dare you come to the door rashly?"
"Oh? It's Vice General Yan!" Tao Xin exclaimed.
"Yes! Does the general also know my master?"
"I've met him a few times." Tao Xin nodded, "How is he doing lately?"
"Thanks to the general, it's not bad."
It turns out that after Yan Dingshan was transferred to Fengyang, his life suddenly became poor. Yan Dingshan used to be like a fish in water on the Grand Canal, but now he can only earn an empty salary in Fengyang. In addition, there are too many mothers-in-law above him, and he has very little money.
He still wanted to share the profit from his income, so Yan Dingshan's mind began to become active.
As for the Caobing Army, which is more of a businessman than a soldier, their first choice must be to do business. To rely on a mountain to support them, they first set their sights on their own military supplies.
After the fall of Fengyang, the imperial court also attached great importance to the defense of Fengyang. In addition to garrisoning heavy troops, it also allocated a large number of war horses, weapons and other military supplies from armaments depots such as Nanjing and distributed them to various troops in Fengyang. Besides,
Yan Dingshan had fought side by side with Wu Shigong, and he knew the strength of the Runing army very well. With the mountain at his back, he would at most be able to escape to Runing, so Yan Dingshan had very little equipment requirements for his troops.
Just make do with it so-so.
In this case, it was officially opened, and the first thing to do was to find a buyer. After searching around, they immediately found a big customer. That was Liu Guoneng's remaining peasant army in the Dabie Mountains.
The remaining peasant armies are short of everything. They are short of food, salt, iron, medicinal materials, weapons, etc., but they also have good goods. In addition to the goods in the mountains, the peasant army also has a large amount of looted property.
.Although these properties are very valuable, they have no place to sell stolen goods and cannot be exchanged for useful materials, so they are no different from waste in the hands of the peasant army.
So Yan Dingshan and the others hit it off with the peasant army in the Dabie Mountains. The two parties immediately started trading. At the beginning of the transaction, both parties were still cautious for fear of being known to the outside world. But as the transaction deepened, the business between the two parties became bigger and bigger.
And the news of the transaction was gradually revealed.
At first, there was a private transaction between the soldiers of Yan Dingshan and the soldiers of the Peasant Army. Then, other officers and soldiers in Fengyang also knew about it. When they saw that the business was so prosperous, they immediately became jealous.
After that, it just snowballed. Anyway, by now, a large-scale market has been formed in Huoqiu. In this market, there are actually troops sent by the official army and the peasant army to maintain order and maintain fair transactions. The two sides have already
There is harmony here.
When Fengyang Governor Zhu Dadian learned about this market, he could no longer control it and did not dare to control it. Because almost all civil servants, military attachés and eunuchs in Fengyang had joined the business. Zhu Dadian could only deceive himself and others.
Pretending to turn a blind eye.
That's why the businessman was so bold when he saw the arrival of Runing's army, and dared to confess everything to Tao Xin. It turned out that this was already an open secret in Fengyang Mansion.
After the businessman left, Tao Xin said to Yuan Shizhong with a smile: "They are messing around here! Are you really not afraid of others knowing?"
Yuan Shizhong also laughed: "Actually, it's the same everywhere. When you retire from a humble job, what things are not purchased through the government? Sometimes weapons are bought and sold at night, and in the morning they use the purchased weapons to fight with the government and the army, so they can't do anything.
He is ruthless. And many times fighting is like doing business. How much gold, silver, pigs and sheep are given, everyone roars for a while, and the battle is over. Where can we have such strict discipline as our Runing army?"
"No matter what, I still have to report it to the master!" Tao Xin continued.
"What? Does the young general want to inform? It's useless. Even if you report it to the court, the local officials will conceal it." Yuan Shizhong advised.
"Where do you want to go?" Tao Xinle said, "I want to tell the master that there are a lot of good things here and ask him to arrange for a trading company to come here quickly. At least this time our war horses are very cheap!
"
"I was just about to talk to the Major General about this! These war horses should all belong to my regiment!"
"It's not such a cheap thing. When I went to Nanzhili, I was also the commander of a regiment. My regiment also lacked war horses!"
"What's available is my legion's food money?"
"Then it's a fifty-fifty split."
"This is not okay!"
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After this episode, Tao Xin continued his journey. At this time, Xue Yong's fleet also welcomed a secret guest.
"General Xue! Where do you want us to go?" Jin Xiong asked.
"You've had enough money these days!" Xue Yong didn't answer Jin Xiong's question directly. Seeing Jin Xiong's silly smile, Xue Yong asked again: "Give me a guarantee! Can Chuang Taotian control all these people?