In early November of the 11th year of Wanli, merchants and merchants from all parts of Shanxi, from north to south, from Datong Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Pingyang Prefecture, Lu'an Prefecture, Qinzhou, Zezhou, Liaozhou, Fenzhou, and all prefectures and prefectures received a order.

There are all kinds of supplies on the order, and the merchants who receive the order are quite shocked because the goods on the order are stored in their own homes, and the price is quite reasonable, often five cents higher than the current price or eight cents higher, while the goods in the most in short supply of Heat are 10%.

In addition to such a price, additional money was also given to these shops and merchants hired large cars to send to Datong Mansion, and the money was also paid by the buyer.

The buyers who place the order are Sanjiang Commercial Bank, Jinhe Commercial Bank and Yongsheng Commercial Bank. If the official buys it, everyone is worried, fearing that Lei Mansion will force it to buy or even force it to grab it.

However, these businesses have semicolons everywhere, with strong capital and many dealings on weekdays. Everyone knows the details, so they worry a lot less. Once the deposit is paid, many people start hiring cars and horses to ship goods to Datong.

Shanxi is different from other provinces. Its business and trade are extremely high. In addition to the tradition of trade with Outer Mongolia, Shanxi also has trade with neighboring Shaanxi, and even trade with Jurchens outside the pass, not to mention the tradition of merchants from the mainland Jiangnan to transport supplies to border towns and then exchange for salt turbulence. Although it was later changed to directly purchase salt turbulence, this tradition was preserved.

The materials used in Shanxi as the transit and trade in various places have caused Shanxi's commerce to be far more prosperous than other provinces. The autumn and winter seasons are the peak season for trade with the grasslands and the peak season for stocking for the twelfth lunar month.

Shanxi is frozen in winter and open in spring. At the beginning of the year, the roads are muddy and difficult to pass. In addition, there is no waterway between Shanxi and the outside world, so it can only be land transportation. At the beginning of the year, the traffic is difficult, so you must prepare enough goods when the road surface is hard in autumn and winter.

Although it is the peak trade season, caravans on the grassland are constantly robbed and trade routes are cut off, so the goods can only be kept in the warehouse. In addition, the goods prepared for the next year, there are even more materials stored.

There is no shortage of food, cloth, salt, and iron utensils, but these materials are needed in wartime. Orders and deposits are issued, and resources are continuously sent to Datong Prefecture.

The soldiers in Datong Prefecture may not be brave in fighting. Most of the time, they are serfs who are military generals for half a day. They cannot go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but they can concentrate on doing some work.

To the south of the Right Guard of Datong, thousands of soldiers were busy and built a simple warehouse here, as well as fences and stables for captive livestock.

Sanjiang Trading Company and the shopkeepers and shopkeepers of each of its affiliated businesses gather here. Whenever materials arrive, the goods are inspected, and then stored in different categories and paid to cash.

The soldiers of Datong Right Guards, Yulin Guards and Weiyuan Guards also gained a lot of benefits. Sanjiang Trading Company offered to purchase firewood, plants and wood, and needed people to do the work of transporting. The wages were already more than 30% higher than those on the market. The soldiers here were stationed on the border, and the military pay was deducted a lot in a year. Now there is extra money to earn, so why not do it?

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Datong Town has a clear understanding of the news about Altan's tribe, and Altan's tribe has a clearer understanding of the turbulent movements in Datong Town.

They naturally knew that Datong Town was dispatching troops and generals, and Mongolia also had many secret spies and detailed works in the Ming Dynasty. The capital issued an order to allocate Jizhen troops and Huwei troops to Datong Town for support. They knew that they did not know later than Datong Town.

However, Senggedu Gulen Khan and the nobles of Altan's tribe were not worried. In their opinion, the border soldiers in Datong Town were even worse than sheep on the grassland. The caravan merchants were robbed on the grassland, so they did not dare to come out to take care of them. Altan's tribe sent cavalry to clear the chops, which was closer to the border wall, and it was actually in chaos.

He didn't dare to fight, and he even sent troops from outside to support him. What could support be? He was still nestled behind the side wall and looked at the north with trembling fear.

After receiving this news, Senggedu Gulen Khan even ordered his military generals to get closer to the side wall when they were chopping horse thieves in the south to see what the Ming army would react.

In November, the cavalry of the Shoegu's cavalry was more frequent near the border wall. As Senggedu Gulen Khan judged, the border soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to move lightly. They got too close to each other and dared to light the beacon and hide in the fortress. The Ming Dynasty detective cavalry who appeared on the grassland hurriedly fled when they saw the cavalry of the Tartars, and were not even as good as those rabbits.

Although the Ming generals and soldiers were so cowardly, the horse thieves on the grassland were even more annoying. Despite the density of Qingsha, the horse thieves' activities never stopped.

Although the frequency of activities has decreased and even fewer attacks by caravans, these horse thieves seem to be focusing on the small tribes scattered on the grasslands. A small tribe protected by Altan's tribe was penetrated by horse thieves in the middle of the night. All the men in the tribe were killed and all the property was burned. Those who could be taken away by the livestock, and those who could not be taken away were slaughtered directly.

When the Altan team's cavalry came, there was only a ruin in front of us, and there were those dying women and children. Such killing was even more cruel than a complete massacre. Because all the males were killed, women and children became burdens to the city of Guihua. Moreover, the fear and panic of these women, children, the elderly and the weak would be passed on to others, which would make others feel it and cause greater panic.

In fact, the nobles of Altan's tribe also considered this. The women and children of this small tribe were ordered by the third wife to be killed and the news was blocked. However, the people who knew the news were either angry or extremely low morale.

The activities of the cavalry on the grassland were too little, but after this incident, it became frequent again, which made Datong, who had just become more at ease, much more nervous again.

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In mid-November, news began to spread throughout Shanxi that after the goods were delivered to Datong, they were sold to Sanjiang Trading Bank and a group of trading banks. The trading banks sold them to 30% of the price and then sold them to the military soldiers of Datong Town. It is said that the imperial envoy Wang Tong brought a large sum of silver to Shanxi this time, and he was very rich.

The merchants who heard this news suddenly realized that no wonder Sanjiang Commercial Bank was willing to add half a percent or 10 percent to acquire it. It turned out that there was such a huge profit in the government.

Of course, one cannot take away money from one family. Many merchants quit. They want to deal with the imperial envoy themselves. The goods can be sold at a high price, so why not freeze

However, these merchants who wanted to sell their goods at high prices found that except for selling them to Sanjiang Trading Company and the warehouses that placed orders for them, there was no other place to sell them. In Datong Town, Datong Prefecture, no government was willing to buy their goods.

Not to mention that it is a price of 30% or 50%, even if these merchants ignore their goods according to the prices set by Sanjiang Commercial Bank, the government ignores them, and some merchants are unable to turn over for a while and are willing to reduce the price by 10% or 20%, but the government still ignores them.

Some people encountered a stunt in front of them, and then they saw Sanjiang Commercial Bank conducting a settlement with the officials, and the two sides were chatting and laughing.

They finally understood that the government only recognized the Sanjiang Commercial Bank and came to the door with their own money, but they just humiliated themselves, and they still honestly followed the goods according to the original arrangements and made a stable profit.

However, they could not afford to delay, and they did not dare to deal with the government. They did not have strong capital to turn over, but some could, from November 20, at the passes in Datong Prefecture, some people would add five points to the price offered by Sanjiang Commercial Bank and other commercial banks that day to acquire all the goods.

Moreover, in addition to the shopkeepers of the business, there are also servants from the Datong Prefecture Office. It is said that it was acquired by the government, but there were directly officials here, and the price was five points higher. Everyone thought it was clear that they were naturally sold to this company.

The Huang Family Trading Company is a well-known time-honored brand in Shanxi, with strong financial resources and vast friendships. It is said that more than one Datong prefect stepped down because he wanted to take advantage of the Huang Family Trading Company. Not to mention the prefect, even the governor of Datong has two vague terms on this. People in the Shanxi officialdom know this, and people in the Shanxi shopping mall naturally understand it.

From November 20th, the supplies sent to Datong Right Guard have been much less, and most of them have been intercepted in Shuozhou.

Merchants don’t have to travel a long distance, save money and sell at a high price, so they are naturally happy. They also know that the Huang family’s business is big and has enough credibility. There are actually many people who have made money and promised to pay in the future.

Since the Huang family business has such a big backend, everyone knows it. Although it doesn’t work for everyone to find the government, the government only recognizes Sanjiang business and several related companies, if the Huang family business comes to the door, they may not necessarily refuse to accept it. They have to give some face. It doesn’t matter to their own business. It’s good to make money.

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In the mansion of Sun Daying, the former general in Datong Prefecture, Li Biao took out a dress of the Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi in the box and hurriedly picked it up to Wang Tong.

"Han Gang, Sha Dongning, Li Qi..."

Wang Tong sorted out his dress and said, "The Guard's name". The soldiers were all arranged in front of the hall and obeyed the orders solemnly. Wang Tong saw everyone's nervous look and said with a smile:

"Whoever has killed anyone?"

When Wang Tong asked this, the guards who obeyed orders were all shocked, and Sha Dongning and Han Gang straightened their chests. They had been on the battlefield and had seen blood. Seeing their expressions, Wang Tong couldn't help but smile and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!