Chapter 121: March, all the way (4)

"So my sir is here."

At this time, Qu Yuanrui, accompanied by several merchants' families, came to Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu noticed a large merchant beside Qu Yuanrui, wearing a luxurious silk robe, short and fat, as if he was round as a meat ball. When he saw Huang Laifu, he hurriedly kowtowed: "Little He Weifang, I have met Lord Huang."

Huang Laifu raised his hand and said, "Forgive."

He looked at Qu Yuanrui and said, "Zhixin, who is this person?"

Qu Yuanrui smiled and said, "Let me introduce it. This is the largest grain merchant in Yansui Town. He is the He Dashangguan. He has been providing grain, rice and grass for the officers and soldiers of Yansui Town for many years, and his business is very big. I contacted him this time. He was also an enthusiastic person. I heard that the adults were willing to provide 3,000 stones of grain and grass for the adults to use it."

Huang Laifu smiled and said, "That's great. I wonder how much money is he willing to sell the food and grass to Huang?"

Those merchants, Huang Laifu, even the auxiliary soldiers, Huang Laifu's more than 3,000 soldiers ate a lot of food every day. According to one soldier, one person raises the grain a day, which is two kilograms of rice. More than 3,000 people consume 30 stones of grain a day, and more than 3,000 horses were also consumed. Because they were marching outside, they were eight times more than the food and horse feed that soldiers ate.

At the end of a day, Huang Laifu will spend hundreds of stones of grain. The food consumption can be said to be very huge. In the future, there will be more than a few months of fighting, and there will be countless grains and grass. Therefore, Huang Laifu will try to buy as much grain as possible every time he passes a grain supply site.

He Weifang's face smiled and looked even red. He smiled and said, "My Lord went thousands of miles to Ningxia to pacify the thieves. His loyalty and righteousness are really touching. Although He is a merchant, he also knows the principle of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. The price of this grain is definitely not too high. He only sells it to Lord Huang at a price of one tael of silver per stone, and is willing to transport it with the army."

Since last year, He Weifang has paid attention to the grain source of Shangwuzhaibao and has successively purchased goods from Wuzhaibao. Moreover, the various products of Wuzhaibao are also the targets of his strong attention. However, he is a shrewd businessman and knows that if he wants to do a good job in Wuzhaibao, he must first make friends with Huang Laifu, the helmsman of Wuzhaibao. Today he finally met Huang Laifu, so how could he not take the opportunity to flatter him? So he would rather make less money or lose money than sell the grain to Huang Laifu at a low price so that Huang Laifu can keep his heart to him and cooperate in the future.

After hearing what He Weifang said, Huang Laifu was indeed happy. He said, "One tael of silver per stone grain? Then wouldn't the manager He lose?"

Of course, Huang Laifu knew the market price. At present, the grain at least costs one or four cents of silver in border towns. In many places, it also costs one or six cents of silver to one or eight cents of silver. The man surnamed He only sold it to him at a price of one or two cents of silver per stone grain, and was transported with the army, which was indeed a loss.

He Weifang said with pride: "This is also learning from adults, and it should be like this for the country and the people."

Huang Laifu was very satisfied and said, "Okay, Huang will remember this kind of good businessman like Manager He."

He Weifang was even more happy. He took the opportunity to say, "It's really hard for the adults to come all the way. The young man also prepared a banquet at the mansion. I think the adults are welcomed. I wonder if the young man has this blessing for the adults to appreciate his face?"

Huang Laifu heard him respectfully and said, "Okay, Huang also wants to see the charm of Yansui Town."

He Weifang was overjoyed and hurriedly led the way in front, then whispered to his family members. One of them hurriedly rode his horse and headed towards the town.

Yansui Zhencheng, also known as Yulin City, has undergone three large-scale maintenance and expansions in the history of the Ming Dynasty. From the Chenghua year of the Ming Dynasty to the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, the outer city of Nanguan was pushed to the edge of the Yuyang River, and it was built with blue bricks. There are 14 city towers on the entire city wall, with a urn city at the east gate and the south gate, and a thousand-jin gate, forming a complete defense system with the city wall.

There are many city gates on the east and south sides of the town, only the north wall has no city gate. Huang Laifu and others entered the city from Zhenyuan Gate in the south city and entered the town. The soldiers guarding the gate nodded and bowed to He Weifang. Seeing that Huang Laifu and others were accompanied by He Weifang, they did not come forward to investigate. This made Huang Laifu shook his head secretly. If it were his soldiers, when entering Wuzhai Fort and Laoying Fort, no matter who they were, they would have to inspect the road guide and goods.

When entering the town, it was nightfall, and lights were lit everywhere in the town. Huang Laifu looked curiously and saw that there were many shops and temples in the city, and most of the houses were courtyards. The streets were paved with stones, and the courtyards of gray brick houses and exquisite copper rings on wooden doors and windows were very flavorful. On each street, merchants and residents came and went, bustling with each other, and they were of all kinds, worthy of being the military town with the strongest commercial atmosphere among the nine borders.

However, it can also be seen that the common problems in the border towns are that the military households in the city are generally ragged, and even the soldiers are also ragged in armor. The merchants are all dressed in bright clothes, and even the guys and their faces are better than the soldiers, which makes Huang Laifu sigh.

He Weifang's mansion was in the north city, and the mansion was very luxurious. When Huang Laifu entered the mansion, there had been a sumptuous banquet in the hall. Not only were people from He's mansion, but also many local merchants in the town were invited.

That night, Huang Laifu drank happily.

Of course, after the banquet, Huang Laifu refused He Weifang's idea of ​​staying in He's mansion. His army camped outside the city, so there was no reason why the leader was not in the camp. After the banquet, Huang Laifu still took Jiang Dazhong and others back to his camp.

After leaving the city, the sky was dark and the stars were everywhere. At this time, it was no more polluted than later generations. The stars were very brightly shining. Only the camp of the Wuzhai Fort army in the distance was brightly lit.

When he arrived at the camp gate, he heard footsteps coming. The president who was holding the door shouted: "Night number."

Huang Laifu said: "Put the thief!"

The man shouted, "Take out the waist card and see."

Huang Laifu, Jiang Dazhong and other dozen servants took out their waist cards, and asked Jiang Dazhong to accept them all, and handed them to the 100-year-old general. The 100 general looked at it and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. Only when the general asked the chief general to send out the flag of the commander's commander before they could open the door and let go."

Huang Laifu nodded. After he left the camp, he asked General Qian Xu You to act as the chief general. Without the commander's flag, no one was allowed to enter the camp, including Huang Laifu.

Soon, three small sticks sounded from the camp gate, and then the soldiers guarding the gate responded. After answering, the General Manager said loudly: "I have ordered the door to be opened."

The wooden door creaked open, and even the hundred-man guarding the gate, each soldier held his own weapons in his hands and was ready to face the battle.

When he entered the camp, General Manager and others greeted Huang Laifu and closed the camp gate. Huang Laifu glanced at the eyes and found that the secret whistle at the camp wall was not moved, and he was unwilling to be satisfied.

At this time, most of the soldiers in the camp were resting, and only some of the patrol patrolmen were still patrolling. When they saw Huang Laifu and others coming, they shouted, "Where did they come?"

Huang Laifu replied: "I'm here."

I won't take it that night.

Huang Laifu, Jiang Dazhong and others also returned to the Zhongjun barracks to rest.

No words all night.

The next morning, the auxiliary army logistics department in charge of Heru Town all purchased in Yansui Town, and the merchants who followed the army also seized the opportunity to trade with local merchants. The various Wuzhai Fort goods shipped by these Wuzhai Fort merchants were best-selling goods in Yansui Town.

The soldiers of Wuzhai Fort got up early in the morning and practiced outside the barracks. The sound of killing was shocking, attracting many local military merchants to watch, and some local soldiers from Yansui Town were also caught by the side to watch.

The officers and soldiers of Yansui Town naturally felt the excellence and diligence of the Wuzhaibao army. No wonder the Mongols who were able to defeat the invading Mongols. The local people in Yansui Town also had a good impression of the Wuzhaibao army. Although these soldiers looked like fierce and vicious and tiger-and-wolf men, they were kind and did not violate them.

Yesterday afternoon, when they arrived in Yansui Town, they had been living in the barracks and did not go to the city to harass them. The military disciplines of those who seemed to be the Wuzhaibao army were even better than those of their own officers and soldiers. Not only did they not harass the big girl and the little wife, but they were also very fair and friendly when buying and selling, which made people uncomfortable. Although the Wuzhaibao army only stayed in Yansui Town for a short time, they had won the title of a benevolent and righteous army, which became a topic of discussion in the local area.

After hearing about the treatment of the Wuzhaibao army, many local young and strong people had the idea of ​​joining the army. This was a new thing in Yansui Town. People said that good men would not serve in the army, and that iron would not be nailed. In Yansui Town, only the continuous deserters were seen, and few saw good men who took the initiative to join the army. However, like in Kelan Prefecture, these people's request for joining the army was rejected, which was beyond the expectations of the locals.

This abnormal thing caused the local military, civilian and merchants in Yansui Town to talk about it for a long time.

In the afternoon, Huang Laifu ordered the start of the harvest. Before the start of the journey, Huang Laifu ordered the landfill made by people and animals last night to burn the garbage, and then sprinkled with raw stone fire to disinfect it. Then he ordered to leave.

When the Wuzhaibao army set off, there were many local merchants in Yansui Town among the caravans behind the army, which made the Wuzhaibao convoy's convoy become larger and larger.
Chapter completed!