Han ride

Chapter 159 The Frightened Fan Yongdou

"My lord, Fan Yongdou has been with us for ten days, begging to see my lord all day long, what should I do, please tell my lord." Zhang Yifu lowered his head and said.

"Why, Yifu, have you dealt with this Fan Yongdou before?" Li Xin said looking at Zhang Yifu's fat body.This guy, even after arriving in Guihua City, not only did he not lose weight, but he even got fatter.

"My lord, I was joking. At the beginning, my subordinate was just a small person. The Fan family is the boss of Shanxi merchants. How could Fan Yongdou know his subordinate?" Although Zhang Yifu said it with a look of shame, he was actually extremely proud.Although he was a businessman back then, he was far from Fan Yongdou, and the difference between the two was unknown. But now, Fan Yongdou begged Zhang Yifu all day to see Li Xin.

"My lord, if you want to gain a foothold in the grasslands, you cannot do without the Central Plains, especially the Shanxi merchants. This subordinate thinks that Fan Yongdou came this time because he wanted to bow to the lord." Shi Yuanzhi dissuaded him: "Because the Jin merchants Merchants have always sold goods from the Central Plains to the grasslands, and without the grasslands, Shanxi merchants cannot become Shanxi merchants, and if the lord wants to gain a foothold in the grasslands, he cannot do without Shanxi merchants."

"Well, since that's the case, let's meet this Fan Yongdou!" Li Xin nodded. Shi Yuan said it was reasonable. Do not open Shanxi merchants.It is even more impossible to leave Fan Yongdou, the boss of Shanxi Merchants.Politics is really about compromise.

"The villain Fan Yongdou has seen the general." A moment later, Fan Yongdou came in, his face was pale, and he didn't know if it was because of the fear these days, Fan Yongdou looked very old, he didn't look like that at all. Like the person in charge of the eight great families of Shanxi merchants, he looks like a poor old man.

"Fan Dong's family, please sit down." Li Xin pointed to a table on one side and said. Fan Yongdou glanced at it, but it was just a low stool on which one had to sit cross-legged. of.Come to think of it, this city of Guihua was designed in imitation of Yuan Dadu back then.On the grasslands, huanghuali has not yet appeared.Although Fan Yongdou was unwilling, he thanked him and sat down.

After Li Xin asked someone to serve the hot pot, he said with a smile: "Fan Dongzhu, the military affairs are busy these days, and if there is any negligence, please don't blame Fan Dongzhu!"

"Don't dare, dare not." The corners of Fan Yongdou's mouth twitched, and he quickly said the word "dare not dare". He was under the eaves and had to bow his head. The survival of the Shanxi Merchants lineage is in the hands of Li Xin. Even if he is dissatisfied, he has nothing to do. He also hurriedly said: "The villain has offended many times before, and I ask the general to forgive me."

"Oh! You also know that you have offended me before?" Li Xin held the wine glass and looked at Fan Yongdou with a half-smile, the cold light in his eyes flashed away, and Fan Yongdou was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground.

"General, the villain is just a merchant, how dare you go against those big men, if the other party doesn't use force, how can the villain have the guts to offend the general?" Fan Yongdou's white beard trembled, his voice was choked, like a young daughter-in-law who was being bullied .

"Fan Dongzhu, Fan Treasurer, I said you don't have to pretend to be pitiful in front of me. I can let you in, which means that I don't pursue the past matters anymore. As for the inside, you don't have to hide it from me." Li Xin sneered : "Originally, I and your eight great aristocratic families did not interfere with each other. If you guys who betrayed their ancestors had not colluded with the slaves and monitored our army's every move, I, Li Xin, would not have come to the door. Now that I have come to the door, not only you If you don't repent, you will be here again and again, and you will be my enemy again and again. Don't tell me, those horse bandits just look at me Li Xin is unhappy, and take the initiative to unite together to deal with me. Also, although the imperial court can't understand me , but there will be no soldiers, and Lin Danhan is looking for trouble for nothing, and he wants to trouble me Li Xin. Hehe, all of this is caused by your eight great families behind the scenes. Do you think I don’t know? Do you really think My iron cavalry can't break through Zhangjiakou, do you think my steel knife will kill you? Could it be that your Fan family is stronger than Jiannu Huang Taiji and Lin Danhan?" Li Xin became more and more angry as he spoke, and finally smashed the wine glass in his hand After passing by, with a soft sound, the wine glass was smashed to pieces, and Fan Yongdou, who was full of murderous looks, trembled all over.

"General, spare your life. The villain will never dare again, never dare again." At this moment, Fan Yongdou remembered that the man in front of him was a general with one hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, not the officials of the imperial court.

"My lord, this subordinate sees that Dongzhu Fan already has a heart of repentance. This subordinate thinks that the lord is kind and not weak. I have forgiven Dongzhu Fan this time. I think Dongzhu Fan will definitely be grateful." Zhang Yifu quickly stood up and said.

"My lord, my subordinates see that although Dongzhu Fan is begging for mercy, he looks real, but I don't know if he has a heart of repentance." Shi Yuan said with a straight smile.

"Yes, yes, I, a Shanxi merchant, is willing to give the general a million stones of food and grass, 5000 taels of gold, 70 taels of silver, and ten beauties. To congratulate the general for defeating Lin Danhan." Fan Yongdou dared to be presumptuous, and hurriedly declared his sincerity loudly. Speak up.

"I heard that your eight great families have transported ironware, tea, salt and other prohibited items for Jiannu before?" Li Xin looked extremely cold, and sneered: "Also, although Huang Taiji is a rare art of war master, but They are Manchus, who have never entered the customs, how did they know that the defense of the Zunhua area was empty, and there were no soldiers around the capital? Who told this kind of thing?"

"This?" Fan Yongdou looked even more panicked.If there was a hint of performance in it just now, but now his eyes are wide open, with an expression of disbelief.

"Rebel. You rebel." An old voice came, but Zhang Chun was trembling all over, his eyes were red, and his old face was full of anger. He looked around to the left and back, as if he was looking for something Same.

"It's none of the villain's business, I didn't say it, it was Jin Liangyu, yes, it was Jin Liangyu who said it." Fan Yongdou rolled his eyes, suddenly thought of someone, and said loudly.Anyway, Jin Liangyu was about to be killed, and he was charged with colluding with Lin Danhan. At this time, there are not many more charges of colluding with Jiannu.For his own life, Fan Yongdou simply sold Jin Liangyu out at once.

"Really?" A trace of disdain flashed in Li Xinxin, and he sneered at the moment: "Since you said that it was Jin Liangyu who spread it, then I will spare you for the time being. Mr. Zhang, if Dongzhu Fan said it was Jin Liangyu, then it is Jin Liangyu. "

"Hmph! Raccoons of the same feather." Hearing this, Zhang Chun had no choice but to cast a cold glance at Fan Yongdou, and returned to his seat.

"Yes, yes." Only then did Fan Yongdou heave a sigh of relief, only now did he realize that his vest was already soaked through, so he didn't have the confidence he had before.

"Since you still have sincerity, I will spare you. Sit down first!" Li Xin waved his hand and said, "You are a businessman, and you only know how to make money, but Jiannu is Jiannu after all, and they are aliens. , Thinking of enslaving my fellow citizens and doing business with such a person, Dongzhu Fan, are you not afraid that you will not be able to enter your Fan family’s ancestral grave after you die? Are you not afraid that someone will cast your image into an iron man and kneel in front of Yuan Chonghuan’s grave?"

"The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty." Fan Yongdou said repeatedly.At this time, he didn't have the time to think about who Li Xin was. It would be nice if he could escape with his life.

"Zhang Yifu, do you know him?" Li Xin pointed to Zhang Yifu and said, "This is my supervisor. He will deal with you often in the future. Although Jin Liangyu is dead now, the eight great families of Shanxi merchants are indispensable. Zhang Yifu, You will be a Shanxi merchant in the future! Just like Fan Yongdou, earn more money for me, Li Xin. Hehe! In the north of Zhangjiakou, you don’t have to come, and in the south of Zhangjiakou, you need to help more. Fan Yongdou, what do you think? "

"This?" Fan Yongdou's complexion changed, but he didn't know how to choose.

"Hmm!" Li Xin frowned slightly when he saw the other party hesitated.

"The villain understands." Fan Yongdou sighed in his heart, knowing that the current Li Xin is not Lin Danhan back then. Lin Danhan allowed the eight great families to manage the grassland and buy and sell goods on the grassland. When Khan fought Jiannu, nine out of ten he would lose.And the information from the Central Plains was passed into Jiannu's hands through this route.

The reason why Li Xin stipulated that Fan Yongdou was not allowed to operate in the north of Zhangjiakou was because he was afraid that Fan Yongdou and others would pass his information or information from the Central Plains to Jiannu again.

"Don't worry, I won't withhold the money that the Eight Great Aristocratic Families should earn, just like the Jian slaves back then." Li Xin seemed to see Fan Yongdou's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "You can also take refuge in my Yanhuang tribe. Next. When I feel that you are really loyal to my Yanhuang tribe, I will open up the entire grassland, the same as before. Fan Dongzhu, what do you think?"

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." Fan Yongdou's heart lit up when he heard this, and he quickly thanked him.At this time, he realized that the reason why Li Xin beat him was to make himself his eyes and ears, an eyes and ears buried in the Central Plains.It was the same as the Jian slaves back then.

"Okay, since that's the case, sit down! Come on, everyone, pick up your wine glasses. Do it." Seeing that a problem was solved, Li Xin was happy, raised his wine glass and laughed.

"Congratulations, Lord." All the generals were also overjoyed and raised their wine glasses one after another.

"This Li Xin is very ambitious." Fan Yongdou thought to himself when he saw this: "If he can really achieve something, it is not impossible for our eight aristocratic families to be loyal to him. It’s too shallow, we’ll wait and see for a while.”

(End of this chapter)