Chapter 270 Buying wine without selling cattle and horses
The two names "Kong Jiuying" and "Fu Chuchuan" were said, and Zhao Jin and his friends' expressions changed. Everyone looked at Zhao Jin together. Zhao Jin pondered for a while and asked, "He was the only one who sipped the coffin?"
"Six horsemen escorted a big cart over. After Fu Chuchuan got off the car, the six horsemen left. Fu Chuchuan took off his clothes and cast a white flag to kneel there. He felt something was wrong, so he went over and took a look." Qi Er replied.
"Dahuang, you gather the veteran team, Ji Xiang, you bring four recruits to prepare, Bingfeng, you gather the archer and Shi Tou, you lead two teams to bring Fu Chuchuan and the coffin in." Zhao Jin gave the order.
"Will there be other ambush?" Chen Huang asked before leaving.
Zhao Jin shook his head: "It's a whole lot in broad daylight. If there are ambushing and infantry posts, you should find it. Be careful, but don't worry too much. Tasting and selling wine continues, bringing people and coffins to the barracks that are closest to the east."
The order was issued, and everyone in the yard began to get busy with tension, but this was a situation where the outside was loose and the inside was tight. The atmosphere was warm and I didn't feel the action of Zhao Ziying at all.
Not long after, Fu Chuchuan and the coffin, who were wearing only a pair of calf pants, were taken to the barracks, and Zhao Jin and his friends also arrived there.
"Brother, nothing unusual is happening around." Shi Manqiang said this first.
Zhao Jin nodded, but Fu Chuchuan had already knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, and kowtowed six times. This was a great gift from the noble elders. Liu Yong came over and whispered: "Brother, this style is a pure messenger. He kowtowed the gift and barely proved that he did not bring weapons. Both sides of the world are hostile, and the messengers are like this."
"I've seen Master Jin." Fu Chuchuan said respectfully with his eyebrows down.
Compared with the domineering attitude of the last time, it can be said that it is from heaven and earth. Perhaps because of his naked body, Fu Chuchuan looks quite ridiculous.
"Where did you come from?" Zhao Jin asked calmly. The two sides had fought hard once, and there was no need to be polite. He didn't let Fu Chuchuan stand up and reply.
A trace of resentment flashed in Fu Chuchuan's eyes, but he lowered his head as much as possible. After the night battle in Hejiazhuang, Zhao Jin's status was different from that day. Fu Chuchuan just said, "Mr. Jin, Master Jiu brought you a message and said that the battle that night was purely a misunderstanding, and was provoked by the little bitch from the He family. Master Jiu said that he and Master Jin, you are not invading the river. Both sides have a situation, so why bother to become enemies?"
"Little bitch?" Zhao Jin asked back, and then realized that this was He Weiyuan's daughter, Kong Jiuying and He Weiyuan were in-laws.
Fu Chuchuan said repeatedly: "It's the daughter of He Weiyuan, who cried in front of my Jiu Master at that time. Jiu Master was bewitched by him if he didn't investigate for a while. However, this little bitch had been executed by Jiu Master. I came to give it to Master Jin for a review.
Zhao Jin and his friends both trembled, and they were so cruel that their daughter-in-law killed them as soon as they said they could, and even sent the bodies, which proved that they had completely cut off relations with the He family.
"Xiaoyong, go to Hejiazhuang to find a local resident, ask who has seen the daughter of the He family, and bring the person over to recognize him." Zhao Jin said calmly.
Fu Chuchuan saw Zhao Jin and the others' trembling, and laughed in his heart. When he heard this, he was astonished. This group of young people were really careful in doing things.
When Liu Yong went out, Fu Chuchuan knelt there and continued, "Please send someone to open the coffin and touch it. There is a pocket inside the coffin. Take it out."
Shi Manqiang nodded and lifted the thin-skinned coffin. A strong and strange smell came out. Fortunately, the quicklime smell was very strong, but it was not disgusting. Shi Manqiang took out a pocket and couldn't help but spit out when he covered the coffin lid to get rid of bad luck. The pocket was thrown on the ground, revealing the things inside, and more than twenty gold ingots.
"Mr. Jin, both of them were killed and injured that night. The 280 taels of red gold were the apology from Master Jiu. Please accept it." Fu Chuchuan explained.
This is about three thousand taels of silver. Fu Chuchuan's posture was also low enough, but Zhao Jin's expression did not change much. He just said calmly: "Come when you want to come, leave when you want to go. If you can't beat it, give some money. Your family is a good plan."
Fu Chuchuan raised his head at this time and stared at Zhao Jin and said, "Mr. Jin, Master Jiu sent a young man to apologize because he could not do anything. Everyone is in the world and they have a situation. There is no need to fight to death. If you really want to fight, it will be a bargain for others. Master Jin, my Master Jiu also said that Master Jin's thundering methods are amazing, but it is not Yunshan Temple to go there. When we really get there, our Master Jiu is not just three hundred cavalrymen.
"Yunshan Temple? Your family is well-informed."
"I just told you a friend kindly. After hearing this, my ninth master praised Jin, saying that a hero was a young man." Fu Chuchuan was a qualified messenger at this time, neither humble nor arrogant, and explained his interests.
Zhao Jin could figure it out clearly. Kong Jiuying bullied Zhao Jin and couldn't go to the riverside to take revenge, so he just pretended that there was no night battle. However, when the raid on Yunshan Temple, the monk soldiers were wiped out by the garrison. After these incidents happened, Kong Jiuying was somewhat vigilant, so he sent an envoy to make peace.
An old woman in her fifties was brought in. She opened the coffin and looked at it. The old woman screamed and sat on the ground with a pale face. However, Liu Yong took out a piece of silver and gave it to her. The old woman finally calmed down and said weakly: "This is the lady of the He family, there is a scar on her neck."
Confirm that it was correct, Zhao Jin sent the person out, pondered for a while, and said, "If anyone doesn't offend me, I won't offend me, let me talk to you Jiu Ye."
Although there was no clear reply, it was considered to be a plea. But Fu Chuchuan did not get up and knelt down there and said, "Mr. Jin, Jiu's farm has a rich production and convenient waterways. In the past, there were a lot of business with Mr. He. Will Jin pick it up?"
Zhuangzi on the riverside is in the upper reaches of the Yellow River compared to Zhao Jin. It is indeed convenient to go down the river, and you can also go along the river to the Pizhou area.
"I can't control the matter on the waterway, but if you want to do business with me, you can't go out of the ferry, the price will be based on the market price." Zhao Jin replied that the ferry crossings on the Yellow River are several miles away from Hejiazhuang and ten miles away. It is not troublesome to transport them, but if the other party enters Hejiazhuang to do business, it will be a way to attract a wolf into the house. Zhao Jin naturally won't make this low-level mistake.
Seeing Zhao Jin reacting so quickly, Fu Chuchuan was also quite surprised. He knelt there for a while before saying, "I didn't expect that Master Jin was so proficient in the way of making profits in revenue."
He has been studying martial arts since he was a child and studying hard since he was a child, he has been able to cultivate good martial arts and scholars, but the business philosophy of making profits does not have the truth to learn from childhood. In Fu Chuchuan's view, this can only be a talent.
Fu Chuchuan said before he finished his words: "Jiu Ye said that on the ground of these three provinces, the only one who can make peace with him and Jin Ye is the government, but the government will definitely not invite him. This peace can only be consciously restrained by each other. The conflict between us will not benefit each other, but will instead allow Xiaoxiao to take advantage of it."
"See the gold and the corpse, that's what I mean." Zhao Jin replied lightly.
Having said that, there was nothing more to talk about between the two sides. Fu Chuchuan kowtowed and said goodbye. Before leaving, Zhao Jin arranged a team of servants to stare at Fu Chuchuan and return to his original place. The coffin and the corpse were directly arranged to be taken out and burned.
As soon as the person here left, Dong Bingfeng immediately said, "Brother, do you really want to make peace?"
"Do you think this Kong Laohu is sincerely making peace?" Zhao Jin asked back.
"He must have ulterior motives. He did this because he couldn't attack with all his strength." Dong Bingfeng said in a solemn voice.
"Can we fight with all our might? He has cavalry at least, and there are a few people who can ride horses. He has ulterior motives. Could it be that we will believe it wholeheartedly?" Zhao Jin said with a smile.
Chen Huang shook his head beside him and said in a muffled voice: "That's his daughter-in-law. He actually killed him as soon as he said he was killed. This man is so cruel."
Everyone's expressions were also awesome. At their age, they valued affection and friendship. It was hard to imagine that a family could do it.
Seeing everyone's faces a little worried, Zhao Jin smiled and said, "Why do you think he is Kong Jiuying talking about peace? It's because he is afraid. We raided Yunshan Temple and garrisoned the remaining monks. He is afraid of our means, so people talk about peace."
Only then did everyone think about it. This time, the peace was because our methods were awesome. I thought about this and felt much more relaxed.
The wine tasting outside has come to an end. Most people come with carriages and horses. Now they put the wine jar on and go back to the city or go everywhere. Then they are forced to send people back to the city to report the news and ask people to come with silver to queue up. If the wine is sold, it is silver. It is serious to pick up more goods and earn more.
The servants who had finished tidying up started to practice again. Zhao Jin did not go out to work as busy as his friends. He took out a thick notebook in the house and started to read it. There were three copies in the open iron box. This is his memories and experience over the years. Every time he read this notebook, Zhao Jin was worried, such as knowing it but not knowing why. In this era, Europe has already used hydraulic machinery on a large scale and made armor and weapons on a large scale. Under such mechanical manufacturing, the quality is much better than manual and efficient, but what is the principle of hydraulic machinery? Zhao Jin does not understand at all.
The steel armor worn by Zhao Jin and his friends played a big role in the night battle in Hejiazhuang. They all charged forward, and the enemy's swords, guns, bows and arrows were indispensable to point at them. However, the armor was well protected and no one was injured. Afterwards, the armor was inspected. The dents and scratches on it were messy, which made people scared. These were all traces caused by the enemy's weapons.
In battle, the most vulnerable thing to attack is the upper body, because the target here is the biggest, everyone will instinctively target here, followed by the head. Zhao Jin decided to equip the soldiers with breastplate and helmets in large quantities according to memory and experience of his predecessors. Because the Shi family blacksmith shop specially opened a shop in Hejiazhuang and hired eight blacksmiths from nearby, but this breastplate is the most difficult to build. The blacksmith needs to control the strength with an iron hammer and hit the anvil with a hammer. Two people can only produce a set of breastplate in four days, and the helmet is built by one person for two days. Now the iron material is not enough, so they can only buy it. Zhao Jin only feels that the efficiency is too low, but he can't think of any way to improve it.
He thought it was inefficient, but according to the blacksmith, "Thanks to be in Xuzhou, there are coal and iron, and there are somewhere else. The purchase of this iron material is a big trouble."
"Brother, is it convenient to come in?" Liu Yong greeted outside. Zhao Jin had strict orders to his servants. When he was alone in the house, he had to ask outside for instructions before coming in to report, which was also to avoid those booklets being seen.
After saying this order, even the partners took notice. Zhao Jin put the booklet on the cover of the iron box and called Liu Yong in.
After Liu Yong came in, he reported: "Brother, the cattle and horse merchants in Mule and Horse Market also want to come and buy wine. Brother, look?"
"Come and ask me about this, just make the decision." Zhao Jin shook his head and said with a smile. After saying this, Zhao Jin joked: "Maybe those people will be greedy for wine when they smell the fragrance and give them some drinks."
Liu Yong had a bit of solemn expression on his face: "Brother, I felt it the same at first, but it didn't look like it. And I heard that the wine was sold to the north, and I think you should go and have a look, brother."
"If you don't sell cattle and horses, why bother with wine? I think I just want to drink it." Shi Manqiang said in a muffled voice beside him.
Zhao Jin waved his hand with a smile and said, "I will find out when I go out and take a look."
When they arrived in the yard, the merchants in the city had already set off on their way back, leaving only a group of people from Mule and Horse Market. When they saw Zhao Jin coming out, they hurriedly greeted him.
In addition to the Wang Ziyang who took the lead, there were four people. Zhao Jin probably had an impression of these four people, because they were all the largest among the cattle and horse merchants, one of whom was taller than Liu Yong, with a squid and short legs, and a sturdy man. Zhao Jin still remembered his surname, saying that his surname was Man, and he was a Tartar. He moved to Shanxi decades ago.
"Do you want to buy wine?" Zhao Jin asked with a smile.
"The young people have also drunk Jin Ye's good wine. This time I know that there are a lot of production. Take advantage of the opportunity to get close to the water and see if I can get rich." Wang Ziyang must have read the book for a few days, and he spoke politely and had allusions.
Zhao Jin turned around and said, Liu Yong immediately ran over to arrange it. Soon, ten jars of wine were brought from the winery. Zhao Jin smiled and said, "Try it first and then buy it. If you don't buy it, take these ten jars back and drink it."
Although the ten jars of famous wine in Hanjing are not cheap, these cattle and horse merchants also supplement a lot of horse animals in Zhaoziying, Zhao Jin knew it.
Several merchants looked at each other and smiled forward. Ten jars of wine were opened. They used the wine to make wine. They put bowls of bowls for them to taste. Several merchants tasted them carefully. The merchant with the surname Man drank bowls of bowls. It was a little shaken when the fourth bowl was, and he had to continue drinking.
"Isn't this just greedy wine? No wonder they say that camels are good and willows and Mongolian wine is good. They can't move when they see them." Ji Xiang whispered with her lips.
I never thought that the businessman surnamed Man stopped drinking the sixth bowl, put down the wine bowl and said loudly, "Master Jin, no matter how much you buy, can you taste every jar?"
"Try it first and buy it, this is my rule." Zhao Jin replied with a smile.
"I want to buy 100 jars a month. Can I buy it? I also give cash silver. The money is not enough, so I use animal to pay the bill," the merchant surnamed Man said loudly again.
The number of 100 jars was said, which made Zhao Jin and his friends stunned. Even if the output of the two wineries inside and outside the city was combined, these 100 jars were not a small number. Although the wine was popular now, only twenty people bought more than 100 jars per month. What is the number of people doing animal business?
Liu Yong was involved in internal affairs, so he immediately leaned into Zhao Jin's ear and whispered: "We have to keep goods for Pizhou and prepare other urgent needs. If this number is taken out, there is no surplus."
After hearing this, Zhao Jin smiled and shook his head and replied: "You want too much, what should the people in front of you do?
There is a lot of demand for this famous Hanjing wine in the canal transportation. Zhao Jin handed it over to Sun Dalei's father Sun Jia's agent. According to the inquiry and ordering last year, this was a huge amount. However, it is almost April now, and there is no news in Pizhou. Zhao Jin is not in a hurry. He is just preparing for the stock. Anyway, the wine will not be in his hands. The Sun family always has to give priority to supplying it.
The other few ox and horse merchants glared at the merchant surnamed Man, Wang Ziyang bowed and apologized and said, "Don't blame Master Jin, this man will be drunk when he drinks too much. The young people have their own business, how can they make such a big investment in alcohol.
Several people around agreed, and Wang Ziyang said again: "Mr. Jin, each of them wants twenty jars a month, do you see?"
Everyone was stunned again. The man used to be 100 jars per month, but now the total demand for these people coming here is more than 100 jars.
"Current silver, new silver, the young ones will never break the rules of Master Jin," Wang Ziyang said with a smile.
"This is a good wine. When the knife is slap, I will wear a fur coat when I drink it." The businessman surnamed Man drank two more bowls there. The famous wine in the Hanjing was mellow. He drank so much that he could no longer control his drunkenness.
Wang Ziyang glared fiercely, and the merchants who came with him looked bad, quickly over and covered his mouth, laughing at Zhao Jin while moving, and vaguely heard complaints, "If I had known that I wouldn't bring this Tartar, he would go crazy as soon as I drank."
Others just found it funny. There is no difference between watching drunk people and watching monkeys. It is easy to sell their own wine. This is not a bad thing. Zhao Jin pondered for a while, walked over, and said with a smile: "Your cattle and horses are all trafficked from outside the mouth, right?"
Wang Ziyang didn't know why Zhao Jin asked this. He wanted Zhao Jin to say something else. He quickly smiled and said, "My master is very good at seeing. The guys who are trafficking in Hetao are all good things. They are fat and strong, so they are all easy to use."
"It's cold outside the mouth," Zhao Jin said again.
Chapter completed!