Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

At this time, Tao Xin was still a little skeptical.The businessman bought three or five war horses, Tao Xin believed that there would always be some daring officers and generals who dared to guard and steal themselves.But a hundred horses?What is that concept?It's like Hyundai getting a hundred armored vehicles and military trucks from the barracks, which is too much trouble!

But it was completely beyond Tao Xin's expectation, the businessman was not at all ambiguous.Only one day later, he really brought a hundred well-equipped war horses.Although there are a few poor horses mixed in, the overall quality is acceptable.It made Tao Xin amazed.

However, this also caught Tao Xin a little off guard. He quickly embezzled 5000 taels from the vegetable gold of the new army, and bought all these horses without haggling.

Seeing that Tao Xin was so forthright, the businessman was also very refreshing. He secretly left 300 taels as a favor for Tao Xin.Tao Xin didn't refuse either. He asked the treasurer in the army to put it away, and then asked the question in his heart: "Mr. Won't you pay?"

"No!" The businessman said with a smile, "You are the people of Marshal Wu in Runing, you will definitely not break your promise, let alone rob. Otherwise, Marshal Wu will not spare you!"

"Hahaha—!" Tao Xin laughed triumphantly.Hearing that the Runing Army is quite trustworthy in the eyes of outside businessmen, Tao Xin is also honored.

"Why did you come to our Runing Army?" Tao Xin asked another question.

"In fact, we have relationships with every military camp." Obviously, the businessman is very talkative, "There are many relationships in the mountains. And my master is also an old acquaintance of the master of your family, and he is General Yan. Otherwise, we How dare you come to the door rashly?"

"Oh? It's Lieutenant General Yan!" Tao Xin exclaimed.

"Yes! Does the general know my master?"

"Meeted a few times." Tao Xin nodded, "How is he recently?"

"Thanks to the General. Not too bad."

It turned out that after Yan Dingshan was transferred to Fengyang.The days suddenly became poor.Yan Dingshan used to be like a fish in water on the Grand Canal, but now he can only live on empty pay in Fengyang, and there are too many mothers-in-law on his head, and the little income has to be shared, so Yan Dingshan's thoughts began Liven up.

As for Cao Bing, an army that is more like a businessman than a soldier, their first choice must be to do business.Relying on mountains and eating mountains, they first set their sights on their own military supplies.

After the fall of Fengyang, the imperial court also attached great importance to Fengyang's defense.In addition to garrisoning heavy troops, a large number of horses, weapons and other military supplies were also allocated from Nanjing and other arsenals, and distributed to various troops in Fengyang.Besides.Yan Dingshan had fought side by side with Wu Shigong, he knew the strength of the Runing Army very well.With his back against the mountain of Runing, he could escape to Runing at most, so Yan Dingshan's requirements for the equipment of his troops are just so-so.

in this case.It officially opened, and the first thing to do is to find a buyer.Look around.They found a big client right away.That is the remaining peasant army that Liu Guoneng still left in the Dabie Mountains.

Those remaining peasant armies lacked everything.Lack of food, lack of salt, lack of iron, lack of medicinal materials, lack of weapons, etc., etc., but they also have good things in their hands.In addition to the mountain goods in the mountains, the peasant army also had a lot of looted property in their hands.Although these properties are very valuable, there is no place to sell them, and they cannot be exchanged for useful materials, so they are no different from waste in the hands of the peasant army.

So Yan Dingshan and the others hit it off with the peasant army in the Dabie Mountains.The two parties immediately started trading.At the beginning of the transaction, both parties were cautious, for fear of being known by the outside world.But with the deepening of the transaction, the business of both parties is getting bigger and bigger.And the news of the transaction was gradually revealed.

In the beginning, the soldiers of Yanding Mountain and the soldiers of the Peasant Army had a private transaction, and then other officers and soldiers in Fengyang also knew about it.When they saw how prosperous the business was, they immediately became jealous.

Then it snowballed.Anyway, up to now, a huge market has formed here in Huoqiu.And in this market, there are troops sent by the official army and the peasant army to maintain order and maintain fair transactions.The two sides have formed harmony here.

And when Fengyang governor Zhu Dadian learned of this market, he could no longer control it, and dared not control it anymore.Because almost all the civil servants, military officials and eunuchs in Fengyang joined this business.Zhu Dadian can only pretend to turn a blind eye to self-deception.

That's why the businessman was so bold when he saw the Runing Army coming, and dared to confess everything to Tao Xin.It turned out that this was already an open secret in Fengyang Mansion.

After the businessman had left, Tao Xin smiled and said to Yuan Shizhong, "They're messing around here! Are you really afraid that others will find out?"

Yuan Shizhong also laughed: "Actually, it's the same everywhere. When I was in a lowly position, didn't I buy something through the government? Sometimes I bought and sold weapons at night, and in the morning I used the weapons I bought to fight against the government army, so I couldn't do anything. Ruthless. And most of the time, fighting is like doing business. How much gold, silver, pigs and sheep are given, and everyone yells, and the battle is over. Where is the discipline like our Runing Army?"

"No matter what, I still have to report to the master!" Tao Xin continued.

"What? Does the major general want to tell the truth? It's useless, even if the adults report it to the court, the local officials will keep it secret." Yuan Shizhong persuaded.

"Where do you want to go?" Tao Xinle said, "I want to tell the master that there are a lot of good goods here, let him arrange the business here quickly. At least this time our war horses are very cheap! "

"I was just about to talk to the Major General about this! All these horses must belong to my army!"

"It's not such a cheap thing. I went to Nanzhili to be the commander of the army. My army also lacks horses!"

"Is Caijin from our legion available?"

"That's fifty-fifty."

"That can't be done!"

……

After this episode, Tao Xin continued his journey.At this time, Xue Yong's fleet also ushered in a secret guest.

"General Xue! Where do you want us to go?" Jin Xiong asked.

"I'm full these days!" Xue Yong didn't answer Jin Xiong's question directly. Seeing Jin Xiong's smirk, Xue Yong asked again: "Give me a promise! Can Chuang Tatian control all these people?" (To be continued..)