Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 44 Broth
After getting dozens of pieces of ordnance, Sun Meng was thinking about how to buy some more weapons from other soldiers, when he saw dozens of soldiers coming to him to sell the ordnance, he was immediately overjoyed, and he was ready to accept them all without mentioning the price. .

Fortunately, Uncle Fu was by his side and hurriedly stopped him, saying that according to the price he gave, so many ordnance would only cost nearly a thousand taels of silver.

Only then did Sun Meng wake up. If he spent so much money on only a hundred or so weapons, he might not be able to justify it to Li Jing, so he asked Uncle Fu how to set the price.

Uncle Fu had followed Shen Zheng for many years, so he had a business mind, so he immediately told Sun Meng that these soldiers couldn't survive the past year, as long as the price didn't differ too much, they would never bargain.

Immediately, the two discussed and set a price for various weapons.

Needless to say, if Uncle Fu set the price, the price would definitely be as low as it could be, but Sun Mengnian raised the price again just because of his colleagues.

Unexpectedly, Sun Meng's unintentional move moved those soldiers into a mess, saying that Mr. Sun was upright.

At this time, Sun Meng's brains were also alert, and he felt that this was an opportunity to make Li Jing famous, so he said, this is the Jinniuling Li family in Qi County. Seeing that the brothers could not survive the last year, they thought of this way to help everyone through the new year.

Sun Meng spoke without thinking, and he didn't think about it either, what could the bandits be doing buying armaments?And is it a good thing that your soldiers colluded with bandits to buy ordnance?Would it be good if it spread out?

But it's also strange, none of these soldiers thought too much about it, and just talked about the loyalty of Li Dazhao.

Although Sun Meng's arms business was muddled, he was lucky.

Zhengzhou is not an important prefectural city. There is only one Qianhu Office. Except for Qianhu and a few important military officers, their lives are pretty good. .

Seeing that the end of the year has come, all the officers and soldiers are trying to find ways to get money. I heard that Sun Meng contacted the bandits in Qi County to buy armaments, so they don't care about anything else.

Anyway, Qi County is more than 200 miles away from Zhengzhou. Even if the bandits rioted with these weapons, the officers and soldiers of Weihui Guards were there to deal with it, and it was not their turn to fight.

Moreover, many of the weapons and ordnance in Zhengzhou City's military arsenal are rusted due to long-term idleness. Since they are not used, it is better to sell them for money for the New Year.

In this way, some officers, including Qianhu, left the arsenal unused, some rusty knives, guns, guns, and longbows, plus some of the ordnance they used for themselves, and asked Sun Meng to find someone to sell them. .

The transaction went very smoothly, both the buyer and the seller were happy, and through this transaction, Sun Meng and Wu Qianhu got to know each other a lot better.

Now that he knew Wu Qianhu, Uncle Fu would not miss this opportunity, and immediately asked Sun Meng to send money to Wu Qianhu, asking Wu Qianhu for help.

After Sun Meng slammed money heavily, and heard that Sun Meng wanted to be transferred to Zhangde, Wu Qianhu agreed to help Sun Meng find a solution.

After Wu Qianhu got the money, he was extremely quick to do things, and within a few days, he contacted the commander of the Zhangde Guard.

The commander was even more unambiguous, straight to the point and said that as long as Sun Meng took out 3000 taels of silver, Sun Meng could establish a thousand households in Zhangdewei.

Sun Meng had never seen 3000 taels of silver in his life, so when he heard that Commander Zhang De wanted 3000 taels of silver, he was a little confused at the time.

Fortunately, Uncle Fu got Li Jing's order before leaving, and immediately paid 3000 taels of silver from the shopkeeper Wang, and asked Sun Meng to send it to the commander.

The commander got the silver and immediately issued a transfer order.

Sun Meng went back to the mountain this time to escort the silver and military funds, and the other was to take up his post in the Lin County Guard.

After listening to Sun Meng's narration, Li Jing laughed and said, "Hahaha, well, you have contributed a lot this time, I have to think about what to reward you, well, it's not urgent, we haven't seen each other for a while, I'll have a drink with you today."

"Hehe, it's very rare for brother to lift the ban on alcohol. My old grandson doesn't want anything but your drink." Sun Meng laughed.

"It's two different things. You have to drink the wine. I'm happy that you go back to the mountain today. The brothers also have a good time with you, and they all have wine to drink." Li Jing laughed.

As they walked and chatted, they arrived at the entrance of the Taoist temple on the mountain.

Suddenly, Li Jing saw a figure appearing from the side door of the Taoist temple, which looked familiar from a distance, thought for a while and said, "Isn't that a tiger's head? Let this kid come over and meet his father."

"Hehe, speaking of the tiger head, my grandson can really thank you big brother. Since this kid entered the school, he is much more sensible than before. If this kid has a future, it is all thanks to the big brother. My grandson has something wrong." Please, I want this kid to worship elder brother as foster father, I don't know what elder brother would like?" Sun Meng laughed.

"Hehe, why are you and my brother so alienated? Isn't your son my son?" Li Jing said suddenly.

"It's not the same, it's not the same, I still know how much my old grandson weighs. This kid can have a good future with me, and it's much better to be with the elder brother than to be with me." Sun Meng shook his head quickly and said.

While speaking, Gao Qi had already brought the tiger head over.

When Hutou saw Li Jing, Sun Meng and others, he hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow to them, and then said: "Father, when did you come back? I looked like you from a distance just now, but I couldn't believe it."

"Damn it, you brat, you don't even recognize me. Since you look like me, why don't you come over and hide instead?" Sun Mengzhao slapped Hu on the head and scolded.

"Uncle Li is with you, so he must have something to say, how dare I come and disturb you?" Hutou said, rubbing his head.

"Hey, big brother, did you see that you are really sensible, if you were in the past, how would you know these rules?" Sun Meng laughed.

Li Jing leaned over and pulled Hutou, patted his head and said with a smile: "Hutou, your father just wanted you to recognize me as foster father, would you like it?"

"Really?" Hutou heard this, and hurriedly broke free from Li Jing's hand, and fell in front of Li Jing, respectfully kowtowed three times and said, "See foster father."

"Hahaha. You are a clever brat. Before the head of the family agreed, you recognized your father first. Now he has taken your head, and he can't agree to it." Sun Meng laughed loudly when he saw this. .

"Hehe, old grandson, how do you think you gave birth to such a son? He is much smarter than you, good boy, get up. Damn, you recognize me as a godfather, so I have to give you some greetings . . . "

Li Jing pulled up the tiger's head and touched it with a smile, but there was nothing valuable on Li Jing's body, and he couldn't find anything after touching it for a long time. Hutou said: "Hutou, I don't have anything valuable on me. This dagger has been with me for many years, so I'll give it to you as a gift. But you have to be careful, this dagger is very sharp, don't cut your hand."

The tiger's head was overjoyed, and when he was about to pull out the dagger, he saw a flash of cold light, Sun Meng took a closer look, it was the weapon Li Jing used to capture him.

Sun Meng knew his stuff, so he snatched the dagger from Hutou's hand, inserted it into the scabbard, and handed it to Li Jing, "Brother, this can't be used. How can such a sharp weapon be used by a child like Hutou? Hutou is still young. Little, if you hurt someone by mistake"

Sun Meng didn't finish what he said, but Li Jing naturally understood the meaning.

Hutou is only 13 years old, how can he know the seriousness?If a gift from Li Jing accidentally injured someone, Li Jing, a godfather, would not be able to escape the responsibility.

Li Jingting nodded, looking a little embarrassed.

He has no possessions, only this dagger can be used, and now it seems that it is really inappropriate to give the dagger to Hutou.

After thinking about it, Li Jing smiled at Hutou: "Hutou, your father is right, you are still young, it is too dangerous to hold a dagger. How about this, I will keep this dagger for you temporarily until you grow up Godfather will give it to you again, what do you think?"

Hutou nodded and said, "Yes, godfather!"

After speaking, he kowtowed to Li Jing again.

"Hahaha, good boy, let's go play, I have something to discuss with your father." Li Jing laughed.

While Li Jing was talking to Sun Meng and others, someone reported that Ma Wu had returned.

It has been more than a month since Ma Wu went down the mountain. Although he also sent letters to Li Jing during this period, Li Jing felt a headache after reading Ma Wu's writing.

I won’t talk about whether the writing is good or bad, and the words don’t convey the meaning. Li Jing often doesn’t know what to say when he reads it. Fortunately, there are four words: everything is good, which finally makes Li Jing heave a sigh of relief.

Ma Wu led people down the mountain this time, mainly focusing on the two prefectures of Zhangde and Weihui.

Under Li Jing's guidance and with the help of the Shen family, several brothels and restaurants were established in Zhangde Mansion and Weihui Mansion.

In order to ensure the safety of Ma Wu and the Shen family, Li Jing did not allow Ma Wu to operate in his name and the name of the Shen family. Unexpectedly, these businesses were all named Jing Ji by Ma Wu.

Knowing that Ma Wu used this name, Li Jing couldn't help but smile wryly, but since he took the name, Li Jing didn't let Ma Wu change it.

Ma Wu found a few capable shopkeepers through the Shen family, and the business of several restaurants was doing pretty well.However, the Shen family is also a layman in the brothel business, and they don't rely on the management of the shopkeeper. In the end, Shen Zheng asked Ma Wu to pry a few old bustards from other brothels at a high price, and finally maintained the brothel business.

According to Li Jing's mind, he didn't want to do brothel business at first, but now this place is the place with the best information, Li Jing is also helpless, and if there is no brothel in this world, many women will end up in a worse end.

However, Li Jing is a modern person after all, and he still has a bottom line. He knows that women in this era generally do not end well in the end, so he ordered Ma Wu to cancel all the previous prostitution contracts of those prostitutes and sign a new five-year prostitution contract. deed.

During these five years, the benefits gained by prostitutes and brothels will be divided between [-] and [-]. Prostitutes get three and brothels get seven.

In this way, after five years, those prostitutes will have saved a lot of pension money, and they will have someone to rely on when they become good.

Ordinarily, this approach is actually a loss-making behavior. You must know that most prostitutes in this era have a lot of skills, and the cost of cultivating such prostitutes is very high. Many prostitutes can't recover their costs after selling themselves for five years.

But there are mistakes, Li Jing’s approach greatly moved those prostitutes, and those prostitutes regarded the boss behind Jing Ji’s scene as a benefactor, and almost all the prostitutes who re-signed the prostitution contract performed the scene in their own rooms. Longevity tablet with characters.

And they know that if they want to have a good life in the future, they have to do business well.

For their own future life, these prostitutes have greatly improved their initiative, and they are extraordinarily docile and considerate to customers, making many customers become repeat customers.

According to Li Jing's arrangement, the first thing is to let Ma Wu gain a firm foothold in these places, so that the business can go on the right track. As for the intelligence collection work, Li Jing also knows that it will not be effective in a short while.

But when Ma Wu suddenly returned to the mountain, Li Jing's heart trembled. Could it be that something happened to Ma Wu's people outside, or did they encounter some problems?Otherwise, why did you suddenly return to the mountain?

(End of this chapter)