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Chapter 74: Making new rules (please read the new chapter)
Li Xianzhong thought that someone would give him money directly. It seemed that the horse market was really a good thing.

In fact, the horse market was an important means for the Ming Dynasty to maintain border stability. It was originally just a channel for the court to obtain war horses, but it has now developed into an important trading market.

It's just that the imperial court strictly controlled the number of transactions to prevent foreigners from obtaining too many materials and becoming powerful.

The intention is naturally good, but these restrictions have also become a tool for relevant departments to make money.

Today's horse market involves the interests of all parties, and Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, cannot take advantage of it. Even the Li family of Liaodong behind him can't do anything.

The horse market indeed promoted the prosperity of the border and the stability of foreign races. Although the Ming Dynasty had many restrictions on the horse market trade, after all, it also provided an additional channel for exchange.

Without this passage, the Mongols and Jurchens could only solve their needs by plundering the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why these people took the initiative to send money was because the horse market in Kaiyuan was the most important horse market in Liaodong.

At most, eight horse markets were opened in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty.

They are: Guangning, Fushun, Kuandian, Qinghe, Liaoyang, and Kaiyuan's "three passes and three cities".

Now due to Jianzhou's violation of the border, the three horse markets in Fushun, Qinghe, and Kuandian no longer exist, and there is no possibility of recovery before Jianzhou is completely pacified.

The three horse markets in Kaiyuan: Zhenbeiguan, Guangshun Pass and Xinanguan are all relatively large in scale.

Among them, Guangshun Guanma City is no longer able to reopen because it borders Jianzhou.

The remaining two Mashi towns, Beiguan, mainly conduct trade with Yehe, and Xin'anguan mainly conduct trade with various Mongolian ministries.

The imperial court set up a special horse racing agency for supervision and management, and these locations naturally became popular.

It is obvious that these Ma City officials are not members of Li Xianzhong, or even members of the Li family in Liaodong.

They were either from Marin, or from the Liaodong Governor's Yamen or even the imperial court.

Judging from Marin's unwillingness to restore the horse market, he probably doesn't have many people among them.

The fact that the Ma family has been unable to completely control the horse market despite being in Kaiyuan for many years shows how entangled the interests behind it are?
It was obvious that these two people wanted to take advantage of Li Xianzhong's recent takeover of Kaiyuan and come over to try their luck.

Although the Li family is a local leader in Liaodong, Commander Li is only 20 years old this year, and now he is very proud of himself, so maybe this will happen.

But it was clear that they had made the wrong calculation.

Li Xianzhong said: "The general is really moved by Ma Yuanwai's desire to serve the country. This 5000 taels per month is not a small amount."

"It's a pity that the war in Liaodong is not over yet. When to open the horse market is not something that I, Kaiyuan Commander, can decide. Regarding the blockade of foreign races, it still depends on the imperial court's wishes."

"But if you two want to trade goods, I can help you make the connection. Although we don't know when the horse market will open, there are still merchants doing business. Without Zhang Butcher, we can't eat pigs with hair on them, right?"

"I still have to do errands for the court?"

As soon as these words came out, the two of them knew that there was no chance.

Li Xianzhong and Ma Lin are the same as each other. They both want to pass through their own hands so that they can peel off a layer of skin.

However, the reactions of Ma Yuanwai and Eunuch Liu were still different.

Eunuch Liu, the Royal Horse Supervisor, was obviously a little angry, with a stern face, as if to say, how dare you deny our family face.

Ma Yuanwai was obviously much more experienced and calm, and he still kept a smile on his face and said, "I would like to thank Mr. Li for pointing out a clear path for us businessmen. I wonder which big businessman has such energy?"

Although Ma Yuanwai knew that the businessman Li Xianzhong mentioned was definitely just an agent, he himself was the real boss behind the scenes.

However, he still wanted to know the other party's name so that he could find out the details.

After all, these businessmen have accumulated a lot of contacts through their many years of hard work at the border.

Li Xianzhong said: "His name is Liang San, and he is a newly discovered businessman by this general. He is quite capable. He is also honest and trustworthy, and his prices are fair. I believe Ma Yuanwai will have a happy cooperation with him."

At this time, Ma Yuanwai was a little confused. There were no businessmen in Liaodong Horse Racing Market or smuggling that he didn't know. Among those businessmen, there was no one named Liang San.

However, one of his business stewards named Liang San heard that he had found a "big backer" and made a fortune a few days ago. For this reason, Ma Yuanwai even scolded him as a "white-eyed wolf".

Could it be that this "big backer" is Li Xianzhong?

To be on the safe side, Ma Yuanwai still asked: "May I ask if this Liang San is in his 30s, thin and has a mole on the left corner of his mouth?"

In fact, Li Xianzhong couldn't remember clearly what Liang San looked like. At that time, his attention was entirely on Kong Youde, but he still had some impression of the mole next to the corner of his mouth.

It seems that Ma Yuanwai really has some magical powers. Even a little person like Liang San knows about it.This actually made Li Xianzhong look at him with admiration!
Li Xianzhong said with a bad smile: "Yes, it's this big businessman in Liang. It would be great if you are familiar with him. He also has a nephew named Kong Youde. I wonder if Ma Yuanwai has any impression of him?"

Familiar, he is naturally very familiar with Liang San.

He was originally an errand boy under him, but now he has become the person he wants to fawn over. This is really an unpredictable thing!

Ma Yuanwai said awkwardly: "Liang Sanai and I are old acquaintances, and we will definitely cooperate happily."

Li Xianzhong added: "Don't blame me for talking too much. If it is tea, salt, farm tools or some daily necessities, I can still turn a blind eye here; but there must be no iron or weapons, otherwise But don’t blame me for being rude.”

Ma Yuanwai said: "General Li, don't worry, we are all serious businessmen, and we will never do anything to betray the country and benefit the enemy!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Zhu Chunchen quickly smoothed things over and said, "Look, isn't this business done?"

"Zhu, here's a toast to you all. I wish you happy cooperation and great wealth!"

Several people also quickly raised their wine glasses and said in return: "Thank you so much, Duke Cheng!"

Li Xianzhong said: "Since the two are friends of Duke Cheng, I will naturally take care of them. I have also heard about Ma Lin's method of extracting big heads, so naturally I will not be as greedy as him."

"Your goods only need to be shipped to Kaiyuan, which will save you the trouble later. Whether you want to exchange it for goods or money, Liang San will definitely settle with you after completing the transaction. Ben will be able to guarantee the best." Will it be more than a month later? Do you think it is fair for everyone to share the income equally?"

At this time, Eunuch Liu seemed to be a little unconvinced and said, "Our Royal Horse Eunuch has a lot of official business to deal with, so I'll excuse you now!"

Then he walked away!

This scene made Zhu Chunchen quite embarrassed.

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the deal is not a deal. I didn't expect Eunuch Liu to be so angry after he lost his power."

Ma Yuanwai was also calculating quickly in his mind. Although the income was divided equally, Li Xianzhong still took the lion's share. After all, the cost of the goods was borne by himself.

But it's not without its benefits. Now that the horse market has stopped, he can only trade outside the country.The risk of leaving the customs is something that businessmen like them cannot bear.

Although the profits are much thinner, you still make some money, and the most important thing is that there is no risk.

Businessmen are still willing to do this kind of business that is sure to make a profit without losing money. After all, doing business should not only focus on profits but also risks.

Ma Yuanwai said: "General Li's method is feasible, and Ma is willing to cooperate with Liang San."

In fact, this is a win-win situation, although it will cost a lot more money to buy Ma Yuan's goods than Li Xianzhong's own goods.

But this is a capital-free transaction, no capital is needed, and the goods belong to others; it also saves time on the road and the trouble of opening up various purchase channels.

For example, selling salt also requires salt promotion, and these energy-consuming tasks should be done by businessmen like them.

In this way, he has quite a monopoly on half of the profits of all merchants other than the Li family in Kaiyuan from large transactions with Mongolia, which is already very considerable.

After all, everyone needs to do business together, and one person cannot make a fortune for a long time.

For merchants, although the profit was less, the risk was almost transferred to Li Xianzhong, and the cost of trading with the Mongols and dealing with horse market officials was eliminated, which greatly improved the efficiency of their shipments.

It is also an acceptable result.

After understanding this, Ma Yuanwai stopped worrying and soon left.

At this time, Zhu Chunchen said: "Brother Li is indeed better than his master. He re-formulated the trading rules so quickly. Your method is even worse than Marin."

"But if you offended the Royal Horse Superintendent today, I'm afraid you will be in trouble in the future. I hope my brother will be more careful. This time it was because of my poor thinking. I didn't expect that it would end up like this!"

Li Xianzhong said: "Brother Zhu, this is for the sake of my younger brother, so there is no need to worry about it."

"Brother Zhu, don't worry. Once I conquer Hetuala, more Dongzhu will naturally be sent to Jubaozhai."

When he heard about Dongzhu, Zhu Chunchen's eyes immediately shone and he said excitedly: "Then I wish you a great success and that our Dongzhu business will be even more prosperous."

Li Xianzhong had also been delayed in the capital for a long time. The situation in Liaodong was now complicated. After bidding farewell to Zhu Chunchen, he set off overnight to return to Liaodong.

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