Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 208 Doing Business with Cao Huachun

"Then it's settled, General Zhao must come to cheer the miscellaneous family tonight!" Cao Huachun looked at Zhao Wen and smiled slightly.

"Haha, I hope Eunuch Cao doesn't dislike him." Zhao Wen laughed.

At the same time, the shopkeeper of the Fan's inn stood at the door, looking around non-stop.

"It's been several hours. It's almost dark, why haven't you come back?" The shopkeeper frowned tightly, and looked towards the end of the street with a solemn expression.

"It stands to reason that I should be back now, but why haven't I seen her back yet? This is not right. Fourth Master told me on purpose. If there is any mistake, what should I do?"

The shopkeeper stood outside the gate, walking back and forth anxiously.

After a long time, when the sun began to gradually set to the west, the shopkeeper returned to the inn, put on a coat, gave a few instructions to the waiter in the inn, got into a carriage, and hurried away towards the distance.

At the time of a stick of incense, the carriage stopped in front of Fan's house in Datong.

The shopkeeper jumped off the carriage and slapped the brass ring on the gate of the house.

After a while, the door opened from the inside.

The shopkeeper looked at the doorman and asked in a low voice, "Is Steward Fan here?"

The door boy said, "Butler Fan is here, I'll take you there."

The doorman closed the door again, and led the shopkeeper towards the inside.

After a little effort, the shopkeeper was brought to a house with lanterns hanging on it.

"Steward Fan is settling accounts inside, I'll go in and report."

The doorman said a few words to the shopkeeper, then pushed the door open and walked in.

After a while, the doorman came out and said to the shopkeeper, "Butler Fan let you in!"

The shopkeeper cupped his hands at the doorman, and then walked in.

"Fourth Master, I have an important matter to inform you." The shopkeeper stood in front of Fan Lao Si with a serious expression on his face.

Fan Laosi put down the brush in his hand, looked at the shopkeeper, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on? What happened?"

"Fourth Master, the thing is like this. The two people you told me to guard were taken out by some of their friends this morning, and they haven't come back yet." The shopkeeper looked at Fan Laosi and said in a deep voice. road.

"Are those two people from Xuan Town, a man and a woman?" Fan Laosi asked.

"Yes, it's them. They were taken out by their friends this morning, and they haven't come back yet. I was afraid that something might happen to them, so I came here to inform fourth master." The shopkeeper replied.

Fan Lao Si narrowed his eyes, and anger gradually appeared on his face. He looked at the shopkeeper and shouted angrily: "What are you doing for food? Didn't I say before that after they come, they are not allowed to go out, How do you do things? Huh?"

"Fourth Master, it's not my fault. They said they were their friends and they had something to do with them. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to let them go."

The shopkeeper looked at the angry Fan Lao Si, and hurriedly explained.

"There's no need to explain, you're an idiot. They came from Longmen Fort in Xuanzhen. How can they have any friends in Datong? You big stupid donkey, what do you know? Hmph, I won't explain it to you either, I'm now Just go and tell the Patriarch. You can take care of yourself and see what to do next." Fan Laosi snorted coldly, then stood up from his chair and headed outside.

The shopkeeper followed closely behind Fan Laosi, and said with a look of fear: "Fourth Master, you can't ignore me, if you ignore me, then I'm finished?"

"Hmph, why did you know today? You are incompetent!"

Fan Laosi snorted coldly, and then went outside.

After a while, Fan Laosi walked into the study of Fan's mansion.

Fan Hua was sitting in the study, looking excitedly at the ledger in his hand.

"Hey, Zhao Wen, ah, Zhao Wen, we merchants unite and stop selling cement. How long can your cement factory last after losing the income from cement? And your glass kiln, from our How much money I got in my hand, now I will take it back little by little, just wait, the good show is yet to come."

Fan Hua looked at the sales ledger of cement in the past few months in his hand, and kept smiling.

"Bang bang bang!"

At this moment, the door of the study room rang.

Fan Hua closed the ledger in his hand, looked towards the door, and said in a deep voice, "Who?"

Fan Lao Si replied: "Master, it's me, Lao Si."

"The door is unlocked, come in." Fan Hua relaxed his brows when he heard that it was Fan Lao Si, and said slowly.

After obtaining Fan Hua's permission, Fan Lao Si slowly opened the door and walked in.

"It's so late, what can you do with me?" Fan Hua looked at Fan Lao Si and asked in a deep voice.

Fan Laosi stood beside Fan Hua respectfully, and said, "Master, something serious happened. The man we got from Longmen Castle was taken away."

"What? Was it taken away? When did it happen?"

When Fan Hua heard this, he looked at Fan Laosi with a look of surprise.

Fan Hua paid a lot of money to get Sun Ping here, and now he lost him before he got the glass firing method. How could this not surprise Fan Hua?
"When did it happen?" Fan Hua frowned.

"This morning."

When Fan Hua heard this, he slapped the table, "You just told me what happened this morning? What do you do for food? Do you know the importance of this Sun Ping to our Fan family? Without Sun Ping Ping, how do we produce glass? You incompetent waste."

"Master, I really don't blame you for this. I just heard about it, and Zou Yu just told me about it." Fan Laosi said with an aggrieved expression on his face.

"I don't care who told you. Hurry up and send someone to look for it now. If you can't find it, don't come back."

Fan Hua directly picked up the pen container on the desk and threw it towards Fan Lao Si.

"Yes, yes, I will do it now, I will do it now."

Elder Fan shrank his neck and hurriedly exited the study.

The shopkeeper, Zou Yu, followed closely behind Fan Lao Si, and walked away into the distance.

Fan Hua scratched his head, walking back and forth in the study with a depressed expression on his face.

"No, I have to notify my father in time about this matter."

Fan Hua let out a long breath, and then walked out of the room.

After a cup of tea, Fan Hua came to Fan Yongdou's door.

He knocked on the door and said in a deep voice, "Father, it's me. I have something important to come to you."

"The door is unlocked, come in."

Fan Yongdou's voice came from the door, and Fan Hua pushed the door open and entered.

"Father, the Sun Ping we got from Longmen Fort has been taken away." Fan Hua looked at Fan Yongdou who was sitting by the bed, about to undress and go to bed, and told about Sun Ping being taken away.

Fan Yongdou gradually revealed a gloomy expression on his face.

Seeing this, Fan Hua hurriedly said: "Father, I have already sent someone out to look for it, and I believe it will be found soon."

Fan Yongdou shook his head and said, "You don't need to look for it. If you can't find it, Sun Ping must have been taken away by Zhao Wen. I didn't expect Zhao Wen to be so fast. If you can, you can send the man out." The manpower should be withdrawn. Let’s put this matter aside for now. The Jian slaves ravaged the capital and did not bring Zhao Wen down. This is really beyond my expectation. In order to get the cement factory into our hands in advance, that matter Hurry up and be sure to implement it for me the day after tomorrow."

"Understood, father!" Fan Hua cupped his hands at Fan Yongdou, and then left Fan Yongdou's room.

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"Come on, come on, General Zhao, sit down quickly!" Cao Huachun sat in a private room in a restaurant, looked at Zhao Wen who came in, and stood up happily.

Zhao Wen arched his hands at Cao Huachun and said with a smile, "Elder-in-law, you don't have to be like this, you don't have to be like this."

Cao Huachun stood up from the chair, walked to Zhao Wen, took Zhao Wen's hand directly, walked towards the table already filled with wine and vegetables, and said with a smile on his face, "The miscellaneous family is here to clean up the dust for you today!"

"Eunuch, you are being polite!" Zhao Wen said politely as he sat at Cao Huachun's lower head.

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "You are being polite, come on, the miscellaneous family will offer you a toast first!"

Cao Huachun picked up his wine glass and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen also hurriedly picked up the wine glass that was already full, and lightly touched Cao Huachun's wine glass.

"Haha, the general deserves to win the battle, he can drink a lot." Cao Huachun put down his glass and said happily.

Seeing Cao Huachun's enthusiastic expression, Zhao Wen felt his heart skip a beat.

Why is Cao Huachun so enthusiastic today?He is the big boss in front of Chongzhen, logically speaking, he shouldn't be so enthusiastic about himself.Even if I repel Jiannu under the capital, there is no need to do this.

"Eunuch Cao, do you have something to do?" Zhao Wen looked at Cao Huachun suspiciously.

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from General Zhao, the miscellaneous family is indeed looking for you for something."

Zhao Wen casually picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth, and said vaguely, "What's the matter? How can you make Eunuch Cao treat me like this?"

Cao Huachun smiled and said, "It's not a big deal. When you executed the person who betrayed you, the Zajia heard that you can still produce glass, so the Zajia wanted to ask."

Zhao Wen looked at Cao Huachun with a smile on his face, and slandered: "People say that eunuchs are the most greedy for money, and it is true when I saw it today."

As soon as Cao Huachun said this, Zhao Wen immediately realized that Cao Huachun definitely wanted to meddle in his own glass kiln.

"Yes, I can produce glass, but now I have taken over the glass kiln." Zhao Wen said calmly.

When Cao Huachun heard this, he was a little taken aback, "Why did you pick it up? I don't think General Zhao doesn't know the value of this glass mirror? Why did you pick it up like this? It will cost a lot of money. Silver."

"The glass kiln is in Longmenbao. I'm going to move to Xuanzhen town. I don't feel at ease to keep the glass kiln there. In addition, a worker in my glass kiln leaked secrets at that time, so as a last resort, I took down the glass kiln. When I move to Xuanzhen Town, I will rebuild a glass kiln." Zhao Wen looked at the nervous Cao Huachun and said slowly.

Cao Huachun breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "So, so it is, the miscellaneous family thought that General Zhao didn't want to do it anymore. Since General Zhao wants to continue to make this glass kiln, the miscellaneous family can rest assured."

"In the past, when Shanxi merchants started selling mirrors, miscellaneous households felt strange at the time. The Shanxi merchants were all engaged in food and salt. How could they make such exquisite glass mirrors?
Miscellaneous also asked them, but they said they had no comment.I only found out yesterday that this mirror was actually produced by General Zhao, so the miscellaneous family thought, after all the Shanxi merchants are disposed of, can this glass mirror be handed over to the miscellaneous family to operate it?Don't worry, the miscellaneous family will definitely not treat General Zhao badly. "Cao Huachun looked at Zhao Wen longingly.

Zhao Wen smiled slightly and said, "I'll tell you the truth, Eunuch Cao, after the Shanxi Merchants are eradicated, even if Eunuch doesn't come to me, I will go to Eunuch Cao.

I think my father-in-law knows how big the mirror business is.With such a big business, I, Zhao Wen, can only run Daming North if I die.But the gentry in the north of Ming Dynasty were not as rich as the gentry in the south. If the mirror could not be operated in the south, it would not be able to make a lot of money.

And the father-in-law is the confidant of His Majesty, and the celebrity by His Majesty's side. I believe that the father-in-law should have a wider network than me.So I thought, let my father-in-law and I run the glass mirror business together. "

Cao Huachun listened to Zhao Wen's words, the more he listened, the more excited he became, and finally his body began to tremble, "General Zhao Zhao Zhao, are you serious? Are you telling the truth?"

"When a gentleman says a word, a horse is hard to follow. I, Zhao Wen, mean what I say, and I also want to sell mirrors overseas and sell them to foreign countries. At that time, let's sit at home and count the money."

The reason why Zhao Wen brought Cao Huachun to do the glass mirror business with him was mainly because of Cao Huachun's way.

Cao Huachun was Chongzhen's most trusted eunuch, and almost everyone in and outside the court wanted to give him a piece of thin noodles.

Let Cao Huachun participate, and under the banner of Cao Huachun, he can let his glass mirrors be transported by water for free, which can save him a lot of money.After all, there are a lot of customs duties on water transport.

Although Zhao Wen is not afraid of them, Zhao Wen and Zhao Wen's power is on the rise, and it is a little trouble to be less troublesome.

And if I go to sea in the future, I will inevitably have conflicts with the families in the southeast coast who made their fortunes by smuggling. With Cao Huachun on the shoulders, those people will not pay too much attention to me.You must know that the Donglin Party, which represents the southeast coast, is now all over the court, and Zhao Wen doesn't want to be sprayed by them.

In this way, it seems that Zhao Wen's interests will be lost a lot, but if he calculates carefully, not only will he not lose, but will increase instead.After all, if Cao Huachun joins in, the sales area of ​​his things will increase, and the shipping cost will also decrease, so he doesn't have to work hard to open up the southern market.

Coupled with the fact that I own the glass kiln, and the cost of the glass mirror is not worth much, this business is profitable no matter how you look at it.

Listening to Zhao Wen's words, Cao Huachun's body trembled violently. He pointed at Zhao Wen, his face was full of excitement, "General Zhao, are you coaxing me? How much profit is there, I don't think you will not You know? Are you not afraid that I have other thoughts about you?"

"Haha, Eunuch is really good at joking. Do I worry about this for a person like Eunuch?"

To be honest, Cao Huachun's reputation in history is really good. Although he is not as good as Wang Chengen who accompanied Chongzhen on the road, he can beat the entire civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty when it comes to dealing with people.

(End of this chapter)