Chapter 24 Expansion
The Lu family is really finished!
Lu Fuyou made a big mistake. He certainly took risks when the Chahars were Tumotes and did business with robbers.
"Do you know how much a Chahar horse costs?"
Zhai Tang stretched out five fingers and said, "Fifty taels of silver! And they are all old, weak and disabled horses!"
The Ming Dynasty had wars only in a corner of Liaodong, and there was not a great demand for war horses. Only particularly excellent war horses could be sold for thirty-five taels of silver. If the old, weak and disabled horses could only be used to pull carts and carry goods, it would be around ten taels of silver. These still refer to the horse prices in Xuanfu.
"The Chahar people are slaughtering the Ming Dynasty as a fat sheep!" Zhai Zhe was a little angry.
Zhai Tang smiled and said, "Lu Fuyou tied himself up in a cocoon. The market rewards at least two or three thousand horses, and the number of five thousand horses! The Lu family is not far from bankruptcy!"
Zhai Zhe sighed in his heart, Lin Danhan did this, who would dare to do business with him in the future? He bullied others and was greedy for cheap things, and eventually cut off the financial path of the Chahar tribe.
"Does the court care? Why do the Lu family do such a city reward?"
Zhai Tang sneered and said, "Do you think the officials of the court are good people? Lu Fuyou spent at least 10,000 taels of silver to win this market reward. But now he wants to regret it, but he can't help it. If the Ming and Chahar people have such a big deal, if he is let to smash it, the prince will pinch him to death like an ant."
"If the city rewards cannot satisfy the Chahar people and summon the Mongolian army that led to the border, even the prince and the prince would not be able to bear it!"
Zhai Tang was very excited tonight and changed his usual habit of being cautious in speaking. Zhai Zhe felt that what he said this night would be as good as what he said on weekdays.
"We don't have to go back to Xuanzhen!" Zhai Zhe stretched out his hands and pressed his temples. His brain hurt a little these days, and he didn't think of any good idea. He didn't expect that the turn of things would turn.
"No need to go back! The people Xiao Zhiyan brought to the Jurchens are not required to hand over the people!" Zhai Tang didn't want to hand over all the power in his hand.
It was not until noon that Zhai Zhe left the study and felt that he was much more relaxed, but he was not as excited as his brother.
The news about the collection was really fast. Two or three days later, even the beggar begging on the street corner looked at the closed door of the Lu family business and looked full of sympathy.
I heard that Lu Fuyou was looking for Wang Kun to find a solution, but it was obviously ineffective, because the cavalry of Xuanfu rushed to Zhangjiakou to capture Lu Fuyou's two sons. Now almost all the business names are far away from the Lu family to avoid causing trouble.
Several officials from Xuanfu were following Lu Fuyou almost all day long, urging him to buy a market reward, and half of the guards of the business had fled. Most of the guys were apprentices from the Lu family since childhood, and they were still kept intact.
Zhai Zhe once met Lu Fuyou on the street. In a few days, his hair turned gray and his face was haggard.
I heard that Lin Danhan’s initial asking price was to reward 5,000 horses in the market, and this deficit would probably not be able to compensate the Lu family even if it was three feet away. The two sides bargained, and the battle in Guihua City was imminent, and Lin Danhan was unwilling to delay it for too long. In the end, the transaction was completed with the number of rewards of 2,500 horses in the Ming Dynasty.
With so many horses entering the market, it will inevitably suppress the horse prices in Xuanfu. Don’t mention losing money, it will be difficult for Lu Fuyou to even get rid of it successfully.
Savings for several generations, one day the shortage.
In the second year of Chongzhen, it was a big deal, and the news in the collection was more exciting.
In the end, it was Dashengkui's boss Fan Yongdou who finally came forward to help Lu Fuyou and invested in the acquisition of several of the best shops, restaurants and other industries in the middle of Zhangjiakou Market Town, and acquired two hundred bad horses at the market price.
Although it is also taking advantage of others' danger, those who can reach out to your hand at this time can make Lu Fuyou cry.
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The change of ownership of the 8857 industry officially announced the change of this group controller. This place finally entered the era of Fan Yongdou. Zhangjiakou is now dominated by eight businesses, and other businesses must survive in their fingers. This is the benefit of adventure.
"Fan Yongdou finally got his wish!"
From the moment he tasted tea last time, Zhai Zhe knew Fan Yongdou's thoughts. Dominating Dongkou was probably his always dream.
Duoyan's horse thief has temporarily escaped from the crisis, but Zhai Zhe's sense of urgency has become stronger. From the moment Fan Yongdou asked him to hand over Xiao Zhiyan and Meng Kang to Eruzhuo, he has made up his mind to get rid of his family and survive.
In early May, more and more people entered Zhangjiakou from the grassland. The Mongolian tribes that were not here to purchase were all fleeing herdsmen.
A great war between the Chahars and the Tumots broke out!
Zhai Zhe has been waiting for this moment for a long time.
He immediately left Jizi and rushed to the old camp of the valley, led more than 100 horse thieves including Xiao Zhiyan to the Zhangba grassland, and openly recruited subordinates.
"The Tumotes' herd slaves and skilled archers can join us, at least not let you starve to death on the grassland!" The horse thieves spread the news everywhere.
Zhai Zhe only recruited Han people, and he did not want the Mongols of those slaughtered tribes who had no way out.
Not many people were able to escape to Zhangjiakou, after all, this was the rear of the Chahar people. From the recruited munu, Zhai Zhe learned that most people were hiding in the deep mountains outside Datong Town and Shahukou, and many people escaped into the Ming Dynasty from there.
"We can only recruit 300 people!" Seeing that Xiao Zhiyan had collected 70 or 80 people in one day, Zhai Zhe was a little anxious.
Xiao Zhiyan said seriously: "They can all become good horse thieves, much better than those in the clerk!"
"I can't afford to support them. I'm almost helpless even if I have 500 people. The company will not give us food and supplies in vain!"
"We can go and rob!"
Zhai Zhe was amused and cried, saying, "Who is he robbing his own business?"
From the next day, Xiao Zhiyan's recruitment requirements were immediately stricter, riding skills were not
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The 28-year-old herd slaves are all proficient in the assessment. The body and bows are the most basic requirements. The younger the age, the better.
The Chahar army was pressing westward, and no one cared about the Zhangba grassland. Xiao Zhiyan was busy there, and Fan Yongdou could not tolerate so many beggars suddenly pouring in Zhangjiakou. He found the garrison of Zhangjiabao and began to expel the refugees who fled into the family. The herd slaves lost their livestock and could not find their place to return, so they could only try their best to cross the border and flee to the Ming Dynasty.
In half a month, after recruiting 300 newcomers, Zhai Zhe led his troops to leave Zhangba Grassland and return to Duoyan Grassland.
These people could no longer be occupied in the valley, and Zhai Zhe had to build a new earthen house. Xiao Zhiyan pointed at the busy newcomer with a proud face and said, "Most of these people have never killed anyone, but they can hunt!"
"So what, the difference between hunting and killing is quite big!" Zhai Zhe remembered the scene of his first murder.
Xiao Zhiyan said seriously: "Hunting is marching! Genghis Khan, the hero of the Mongolian, trained cavalry through hunting!"
"They are not troops, they are just horse thieves!"
"I want to turn the horse thieves into an army!" Xiao Zhiyan rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was preparing to do something big.
Zhai Zhe laughed a few times and said, "You must first let them learn to steal horses and sheep! Otherwise, they will all starve to death here!"
What Zhai Zhe said was not a joke. Starting from June, the food and grass he asked for from the business had doubled. The shopkeeper did not dare to make a decision and went to Zhai Tang for instructions.
Zhai Tang immediately recalled Zhai Zhe.
Zhai Zhezheng and Xiao Zhiyan were busy training newcomers in the Duoyan Grassland and tried hard to train them into qualified horse thieves. After receiving the news from the elder brother, they knew the situation was not good, so they hurried back.
In the study, Zhai Tang was so angry that he saw Zhai Zhe.
"What did you do if you have recruited so many horse thieves?"
"Protect the safety of the caravan!" Zhai Zheyi said righteously.
"You think it's a war! With Eruzhuo, all the news is enough for some of you!"
"But!"
"No, the eight companies can only provide you with food and grass for 200 people at most!" Zhai Tang looked down. Zhai Zhe's expansion made Fan Yongdou and others very dissatisfied with the expansion of Zhai Zhe. This horse thief was led by Zhai Zhe, but in their eyes, it belonged to the eight companies, and the supply was always provided by the eight companies. Zhai Zhe's unnecessary expansion made Fan Yongdou feel a little suspicious. He is not sure whether this is the Zhai family's plan or Zhai Zhe's own behavior. He has just taken office as the president of the Zhangjiakou Trading Guild, but he doesn't want to be pushed down immediately.
After walking out of his elder brother's study, Zhai Zhe had no choice. It seemed that he was really going to steal horses and sheep. The Chahar tribe left behind in Duoyan Grassland is now a soft persimmon.
Chapter completed!