Chapter 21: General Digong
In order to ensure that you are safe and ensure that you can really receive things after selling the mirror. Huo Hai still needs to think about how to sell this mirror.
"We can't sell mirrors in occasions like Zuixianlou tomorrow. The venue must be spacious and there are many people present. Otherwise, we are afraid we won't get out of here." Huo Hai said to Xu Chang.
"This is easy to deal with. Tonight I will ask someone to set up a table outside the livestock market in the west of the city. The place there is spacious. If the mirror can be sold, we can also deliver the livestock with the buyer on the spot. As for the people, Mr. Huo, please rest assured. Tomorrow, if the people in the city are mobilized to go to the livestock market, at least half of the people in the city will go." Xu Chang took the initiative to take on this errand.
"With these guarantees, it is only the basis for us to successfully complete the transaction. What we are most difficult for us to face is the pressure on the official side. Once they use strength and we disobey, we will rebel." Huo Hai said with a serious face.
After hearing what he said, Xu Chang was silent.
Although the Taiping Sect will soon embark on the road of rebellion, this time point must be controlled by great wise men and requires unified nationwide initiative to achieve success.
"Since the young master took out the mirror and sold it, he would have thought about how to deal with such a situation!" Chu Yu said.
Huo Hai smiled and said, "Of course I thought about it, but many things are not what I think, but will develop according to my intentions. If we want to successfully take the mirror tomorrow, we need to meet another condition, that is, at least a few people are needed to be present, so we are not afraid of the authoritative pressure of the Prime Minister of Changshan and do not have to sell his face."
"This is probably difficult. The Prime Minister is a high-ranking official of two thousand stones. There is no one in Changshan who can be on par with him. However, it is unlikely that a person with his official rank will come to a barter site. At most, he will only instruct a few doors to handle it." Xu Chang said with a bitter face.
If the mirror was forcibly asked by Zhou Zheng, he might not have any benefits.
"If he doesn't come in person, this matter will be easy. We just need to quickly agree on the price..." Huo Hai smiled and explained to Xu Chang and Chu Yu, and immediately let the two know what to do when the transaction tomorrow.
It was because of Huo Hai's last words that Xu Chang and Chu Yu were very moved.
"If it is really not feasible, let's give up this mirror and give it to them. If not, let's find a few rich families in private and take advantage of the remaining mirrors, everything is best to ensure your own safety."
"But why don't we just choose some big players like Zhen and sell the mirror to them in private?" Chu Yu asked after being moved.
"You are stupid! Can you sell at a high price in this way? Can it determine its market position? I'm afraid that at that time, it will still attract some people to spy on you and use tricks in secret." Huo Hai retorted Chu Yu, and immediately remembered the issue he had considered before.
Doing business for ordinary people is seeking death, so you can only do business for the rich. What is the best way to do business for the rich?
Glass, or glazed products, seems to be a good choice.
Should I use this as the starting point to establish stable trade relations with some merchants?
After thinking about the feasibility, Huo Hai finally felt that it would be better to wait. After all, he did not understand the temper of merchants in this era. Maybe their methods were more savage than those who were officials.
Moreover, with my understanding of the craftsmanship, I can't make any good-looking glass for a while.
After discussing all matters, Huo Hai asked Xu Chang to go and do it. At this time, Wang Dang and others who had a lunch outside the city led a team of more than 2,000 people to set off again.
Without surprise, Xu Chang asked a large group of people to set up a platform outside the livestock market to attract the attention of all parties. Among them, many people with identities in the county town personally asked him about the origin of the mirror and various information, and even strongly demanded to meet the mirror sellers or see the mirror in advance.
These requests were naturally rejected by Xu Chang, just telling them that this mirror is definitely a treasure, but no one should think about robbing them, because the people of the Taiping Cult hope that they will know that if they have conflicts with the Taiping Cult, they will not be able to think of peace in the future.
In addition, mirrors are easy to break.
No matter how powerful a person you are, you cannot stop the Taiping Sect from breaking it when it is about to lose it.
His reply made those in the city who wanted to steal the mirror by force calm down a lot.
Once they use force, they will not only not talk about the things they can’t get, but they will also make a mortal enemy with the Taiping Sect for nothing. They are unwilling to do such things.
At night, a figure in a Taoist robe easily climbed over the city wall of the county with a hook rope and entered the city. In less than a quarter of an hour, he appeared in Xu Chang's house. After his nostrils, which were almost blocked by his beard, twitched, he walked directly towards Huo Hai's room.
"Yeah, it smells so good..."
"What are the small particles inside? How come they have the taste of fruits, no, they are sweeter than the sweetest fruit..."
From time to time, the exclamation of Chu Yu and Baoer's girl enjoying it came from Chu Yu to Baoer. The man in Taoist robe nodded and whispered, "It should be here!"
"Ahem~!"
The Taoist coughed, and the room was squinting his eyes. Chu Yu and Baoer, who were enjoying the taste of Youlemei milk tea, immediately looked at the door of the house nervously. As for Huo Hai, who was cooking instant noodles on the small stove, he thought it was Xu Chang who had returned and said to the two women, "Why don't you open the door?"
"The person coming should be a master. We didn't notice it at all when we got so close." Chu Yu reminded.
"When the enemy is coming, I will cough and remind you first?" Huo Hai continued to cook and add some ingredients to the pot.
After entering Zhending County, he finally could eat some vegetables or meat, and cook them together in instant noodles, just like spicy hot pot.
"Oh, right!" Chu Yu said suddenly.
She now clearly felt that when she was with Huo Hai, her IQ would decrease. This was not caused by love or pregnancy. It might be because she had eaten too much candy and her mind was slow to turn.
‘Crouch’
The door was pushed open, and the sloppy Taoist strode in, but headed straight for the hodgepodge made by Huo Hai on the table.
"What kind of food is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
As the Taoist said, he had already picked up a pair of chopsticks by the table with one hand and was about to reach into the pot to pick up something to eat.
Huo Hai was about to stop him, but he saw Chu Yu and Baoer, kneeling on one knee, bowing to the old Taoist, shouting, "I pay homage to General Digong."
"What? General of the Earth Lord? Are you Zhang Bao?" Huo Hai looked at the Taoist priest who came alone this night with some surprise.
"Yes, I am Zhang Bao." Zhang Bao responded, waved his hand to signal Chu Yu and Baoer to get up, and put a pinch of noodles picked up with chopsticks into his mouth.
At this time, the noodle soup in the pot was rolling! He just picked up the noodles and sent them to his mouth. The temperature was imagined.
Sure enough, Zhang Liang was so hot that he bared his teeth. However, he refused to spit out the food he had eaten, and chewed it twice, and swallowed it.
"He's a ruthless man."
After Huo Hai complained in his heart, he said, "I don't know what happened in the long run?"
"The biggest thing now is to eat...well, it's delicious..."
Seeing Zhang Bao picking up chopsticks and sending them straight into his mouth from the pot, Huo Hai said what he said and swallowed it directly, and couldn't help but look at Chu Yu and Baoer who were standing up from the ground.
"This, General Earth Lord thought he was hungry, so why not wait until he had enough before eating." Chu Yu said in a little embarrassed manner.
Huo Hai did not have the habit of eating other people's saliva leftovers. The most important thing is that Zhang Bao did not leave any intention to leave them. Anyway, he couldn't finish a pot for a while, so Huo Hai stood up and walked out of the house to get some breath.
From Zhang Bao’s journey day and night in person, he could see how much Zhang Jiao attached to himself who suddenly appeared. Next, he should communicate with him carefully.
Soon, Zhang Bao put three packs of instant noodles in a pot, two plates of meat and a plate of vegetables, and saw his eating habits like a wind and cloud, Chu Yu and Baoer girl who were serving him carefully could only carefully hide the Youlemei they had just brewed behind.
After entering the door, Huo Hai was surprised at the empty pot. However, when he saw Zhang Bao's appetite, he understood the muscles exposed after he took off his Taoist robe while sweating.
These guys who want to rebel are all fierce people. Judging from his outfit, he should be a person of a level stronger than Wang Dang. He can eat more than normal people, which is normal.
"You are the Huo Hai mentioned in Xu Chang's letter?" Zhang Bao patted his round belly with great satisfaction.
Huo Hai nodded without saying a word. He did not expect these people from the world who were planning to rebel to be polite to him.
"Join our Taiping Cult! Give you a generous position to command the county of Changshan Kingdom, and even Niujiao and Chu Yan, will be under your control in the future." Zhang Bao, who took out a gourd from his waist and slowly poured wine into his mouth, looked at Huo Haidao.
Upon hearing this, Huo Hai frowned, and didn't know how Xu Chang reported to Zhang Jiao, a mountain warlock with some skills? Or, a scholar with outstanding intelligence?
"Be a generous commander? This may not work.
I am a timid man, unable to dance with guns, swords, and even horses. I can't control so many people, if I join the Taiping Sect and suddenly hold a high position, I'm afraid it will only drag you down and ruin your big things.
I think it is better to do this now. I will be hiding under your Taiping Education for the time being. You will provide me with protection, I will operate and develop for you, cooperate with win-win cooperation, which may play my role even more." Huo Hai said unexpectedly.
"You don't seem to be optimistic about our Taiping Sect." Zhang Bao frowned and looked at Huo Haidao.
Huo Hai smiled and said, "The general misunderstood. It's not that he is not optimistic, but that I have no interest in those things about the king's hegemony. If I really don't optimistic, I will not be hiding under your Taiping Cult."
Zhang Bao felt that Huo Hai's words were quite credible. After all, he wanted to go to Heishan and live with Chu Yan. Moreover, he had distributed a lot of the money and grain he had received before to Xu Chang, and the remaining ones were also given to the refugees who Wang Dang took to Heishan.
But he didn't know that the reason why Huo Hai gave Xu Chang so much food and money was for this incident today.
He expected that what happened here would be passed to Zhang Jiao, and with such a large gift, Zhang Jiao would find it difficult to become hostile to him.
What is the best way to dismantle the enemy?
Of course, it is to invade the enemy.
Chapter completed!