Chapter 72 Sheep and Horse Market

Zhou Mengchen borrowed the dividends of technology and the tiger skin of Jiajing, and the capital he used to leverage this system was only more than one million taels. Of course, there was no cash bank.

Zhou Mengchen's property is only about 30,000 taels, which is already amazing. It can stimulate Yin Zhengmao to turn from evil and find a way to make money right.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the archives carefully. Although the records of Fengcheng Hou were not very complete, it can be seen that the assets of the enemy family expanded rapidly within the past ten years. However, Zhou Mengchen looked at the industries of the enemy family in the capital carefully. There were not many fields outside the city. After all, when the enemy family was awarded the title, it was already during the Zhengde period, and the fields near Beijing had long been divided up.

Most of the land in the Xianning Marquis Mansion was about the 20th year of Jiajing. Wuding Marquis Guo Xun was executed for the Bailian Sect Sect. Xianning Marquis Mansion obtained the land from the Wuding Marquis Mansion. The property of Xianning Marquis Mansion in the capital could not support such a large stall. It even said that the silver given to Yan Shifan by Qiu Luan alone was as much as tens of thousands of taels.

Where did the money come from?

Zhou Mengchen looked at it and suddenly saw something and said, "The Xianning Hou family is the master of Yangma City, the north of the city?"

There is a huge livestock trading market in the north of Beijing. Zhou Mengchen knew that this livestock trading market was probably one of the best even if it was not the largest in the north. But Zhou Mengchen didn't know that one of the masters of this market was the enemy.

Li Ru said: "I know this matter. Originally, several companies discussed this matter. My family still has a member of the company. However, the enemy's supply of livestock has been particularly large in recent years. Everyone needs the enemy's supply. This dominance gradually came to the enemy's hands. It is not wrong to say that he is the master. My family only has some money every year and will not be in charge of it."

In fact, this is similar to a protection fee.

After all, if there are some competent people in Beijing, they can do things without doing anything. It is too easy to make trouble in the Sheep and Horse Market where there are mixed things like this. Therefore, more than a dozen nobles have members. However, some people do not operate, and some just occupy a share.

It's like the Fengcheng Hou's family.

Zhou Mengchen's heart moved, and the clues suddenly became connected.

The biggest factor affecting the price of animal animals in the Ming Dynasty was nothing else, it was the blockade of the Mongolians.

Horses are the most typical. The Ming Dynasty horse political collapsed, and horses are necessities, whether they are cavalry mounts or production tools of the Ming Dynasty. However, the price of horses is very cheap on the grassland. A considerable proportion of the sources of the Ming Dynasty's military horses are traded with the tribute of the three guards of the Duoyan and the Jurchens.

Overall, the number is relatively small.

Altan is the biggest hostile force in the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court blocked Altan the most severely. Of course, the Ming Dynasty wanted to buy horses from Altan, but the Ming Dynasty did not want to buy iron and food and other supplies. Coupled with the war, the trade between the two sides had long been cut off. Of course, private smuggling has always existed, but it has never been a climate.

How could Qiu Luan become the largest horse vendor in the Ming Dynasty?

Where did his horse come from?

Zhou Mengchen immediately stood up and said, "Thank you today. I will definitely come to my house to thank you another day."

Li Ru said, "I'll give you it."

Zhou Mengchen walked out of the Fengcheng Marquis' Mansion and suddenly saw a group of people kneeling on the ground. There was a man who seemed to be a accountant in the middle, pressed on a mahogany bench, which was full of experts.

Zhou Mengchen asked curiously: "What's going on?"

Li Ru touched her nose and said, "The accounts are unclear."

Zhou Mengchen was stunned and immediately understood.

The Marquis of Fengcheng said that the accounts were unclear, and there must be unclear accounts. Even if something happens in the future, the Marquis of Fengcheng can still be picked out. Even if someone doesn’t believe it, the Marquis of Fengcheng is not an ordinary family. Without ironclad evidence, even the chief minister can’t do anything.

But this accountant may not know why he was beaten until he died.

Zhou Mengchen felt a little ashamed. However, he quickly put this thought aside. He left Fengcheng Hou Mansion and went home first, and found someone who was most familiar with horses from Zhou Shangwen's personal soldiers. Zhou Mengchen thought about it and called Qi Jiguang. In Zhou Mengchen's impression, Qi Jiguang's riding skills were also quite good, and people with good riding skills generally knew horses. Just like these days, anyone with good driving skills knew a little about vehicles.

Zhou Mengchen brought a few people to Yangma Market without saying a word.

Without saying a word, Zhou Mengchen came to the shop under Qiu's family.

Of course, the shops in Yangma City are different from regular shops.

There is no house, but a shed. There is a large area behind the shed, surrounded by wooden fences, and there are a large number of horses and cattle and sheep. If you like it, you will lead it into the shed to inquire about the price. There are animals everywhere, as well as horse manure, cow manure, etc. The taste is naturally not easy to ask.

Zhou Mengchen didn't go in.

He signaled slightly and asked a few people to go in and take a look.

But he didn't expect that the person in charge here would come up to greet Zhou Mengchen when he saw Zhou Mengchen's expression was unusual and said, "Is this guest official here to sell animals?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "A group of animals are needed to do business at home."

Zhou Mengchen was perfunctory. However, he didn't expect that this person misunderstood the meaning of doing things and said, "Customer, you have found the right place. The sheep here are all Ningxia Beach sheep, and the taste is unique in the world. After eating our sheep, you don't want other sheep."

Zhou Mengchen's eyes swept over the animals here, including horses and cattle, but more were sheep.

Zhou Mengchen also knew in his heart that a large part of the sheep and horse market was to supply the capital, so the one who traded the most was not horses, but sheep. After all, Beijing’s specialty is mutton hotpot. It’s like every duck can walk out of Nanjing alive, and sheep is also needed to supply the capital every year.

Zhou Mengchen casually said, "Dan Sheep?"

The head of the chief seemed a little suspicious when he heard Zhou Mengchen's words, and said, "The guest official, Ningxia's beach sheep is the best in the world, and it is the tribute from the palace. It is extremely popular. If you don't believe it, you can try it. There is absolutely no problem." Then the head of the head pointed at a sheep and killed it for barbecue to let Zhou Mengchen taste it.

Zhou Mengchen ate the barbecue and thought it tasted good. But I don’t know if it was a Ningxia Beach Sheep.

When Zhou Mengchen saw Qi Jiguang and his group back, he called an old soldier. The old soldier was named Lao Liu. Zhou Mengchen seemed to be from Ningxia. After all, Zhou Shangwen had been stationed in the northwest and the Heishui victory was fought in the northwest. It was normal for him to have Ningxia people among his personal soldiers.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Take it, it's Ningxia Beach Sheep."

Old Liu was not polite, and took the skewers, took a bite and said, "No, this is the sheep from Fengzhoutan. Sir, you can tell if you look at the cumin on it. Ningxiatan sheep only needs a little salt. It tastes natural and does not require any other seasonings. No sheep can compare to any sheep. Moreover, this Ningxiatan sheep is produced in the Zhongwei area of ​​Ningxia. Even the same sheep leaves the place of Ningxia, but it does not have the original taste."

"I know this food is the sheep from Fengzhoutan."

Of course, Lao Liu's words did not prevent him from eating the mutton skewers in his hand. After all, there are not many people who can eat meat these days, let alone although this mutton is not Ningxia Beach sheep, the sheep outside the pass is always a little better than the sheep inside the pass.

Zhou Mengchen's eyes fell on the person in charge.

The in charge said embarrassedly: "It was a beach sheep, but I didn't say where the beach sheep."

The beach sheep is the name of the sheep, and the Fengzhou beach of the "Fengzhou Beach Sheep" is a place name. How can it be the same?

Zhou Mengchen had no time to pay attention to him. He said casually: "For the sake of the boss's reception, I will pick up ten sheep and take them away to improve the food below."

What Zhou Mengchen said was the personal soldiers left to him by Zhou Shangwen. These 400 people were not easy to raise. They also needed some meat and fish on weekdays. Zhou Mengchen came here, but it was hard to sell nothing. After Zhou Mengchen made a decision, he got up and left.

I suddenly asked outside, "How is it? Where do these animals come from?"

Qi Jiguang said: "Teacher, we have carefully looked at it. Most of these horses are Hetao horses. They should be produced in Fengzhoutan area. I dare not say that they are completely sure. But I am sure. Even if it is not Hetao horses, they must have been produced outside the customs."
Chapter completed!