Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 338 Planting Vegetables in Dongping Mansion

Ma Ling threw the badge over, and the guard on duty at night looked at it, then threw the badge to Ma Ling again, spoke more politely, and said, "Wait a minute."

After a while, the door opened, and Shi Xiu came out with her clothes on, and said, "Brother Ma Ling, why are you here?"

"I just transferred from Weisheng. I thought there is our shop here, so I passed by to find a place to eat and sleep. It turned out that the original stables have changed a lot. How did it become like this? This yard is really big." Ma Ling looked at the big yard and said.

"This is actually a stable, but there are houses built around it. This is called Diaolou Siheyuan. The surrounding houses can live in and defend. There are stables and warehouses built in the courtyard. Thinking that what he did is too big, look at the camels in the yard." Shi Xiu said.

There are a few lanterns hanging here and there in the courtyard, and we can only see a general view. There is a camel pen covering an area of ​​more than ten mu. This is a low forest, with tall willows whose trunks are truncated and the crowns are small.There are at least three or four hundred camels standing or lying inside, and a strong body odor of camels can be smelled from far away.

"Is this a camel trafficked by Brother Duan?" Ma Ling asked in surprise looking at the huge herd of camels.

Shi Xiu shook her head: "No, this is for brother Duan's pack, and it's one of them. Brother Duan has at least a thousand camels."

Ma Ling clicked his mouth and didn't say anything for a long time. Camels are worthless in Helan Mountain, but they are valuable in the Central Plains. A thousand camels are a proper local tyrant.

Duan Jingzhu is from his hometown, and he knows a little bit about it. He used to steal horses for a living, and was often chased like a lost dog. Now the business is so big, it is simply surprising.

Shi Xiu brought Ma Ling to the restaurant, which was very spacious.

There was no one else in the evening, but there were vegetables and roast chicken prepared for the guards on duty at night. Shi Xiu took some and returned to the room with Ma Ling.

The two chatted while eating, and Shi Xiu brought over a set of kitchen knives.

"Brother Duan has made a lot of money recently. Liao and Jin have fought too hard this year. Liao and Jin have no ability to provide ironware for the grasslands. Have you seen this set of kitchen knives? Bone cutting knives, slicing knives, sharp knives, Boning knives and small knives, five in a set, Brother Duan transported them to the grassland, only this set of knives would have to be exchanged for two horses, and nothing less would be exchanged,” Shi Xiu said.

Ma Ling took it over and took a look. This is a forged iron knife from Chaijiazhuang Iron Factory. It seems that the workmanship is forged by ordinary blacksmiths. Although the quality is better than that of street shops, it is not expensive. This set is three hundred The text is still left and right.

"How much did you sell this knife to Brother Duan?"

"We sell [-] Wen in retail, give Brother Duan [-] Wen, plus the tax and fees paid for customs clearance, and various fees, this set of knives is almost one or two taels of silver in the grassland. The grassland tribes are very backward. Possess the ability of smelting and forging. One time and one time, ten times the profit, this huge profit can be imagined. And whether it is Liao people or the frontier army of Zhending Mansion, they all give brother Duan face, which is the price of money. Great charm. Brother Duan almost every ten days or so will transport a batch of prairie horses, ranging from a few hundred each time, and they are all horses that have undergone preliminary training." Shi Xiu said.

Ma Ling said: "It seems that it is right to follow my brother. My brother is from a famous family, a descendant of the former royal family, and has a broad mind. He can make others make money and is willing to spend money. This is very rare."

"Yes, my brother cares about money almost every time. The horses shipped to Chaijiazhuang, except for the horse farm's own use, are all fostered by farmers, and the accidental losses due to illness are all borne by the business. A few years later, the horses in Cangzhou The number of mules and horses will grow explosively, reaching an astonishing number," Shi Xiu said.

It's late at night, and Ma Ling doesn't eat too much, it's almost enough, and he can't consume it if he eats too much.

Ma Ling said apologetically, "I woke you up in the middle of the night, so go back to sleep. I'll take the carriage back to Chaijiazhuang tomorrow. I've been out and about for several months. It's time to report to my brother about work."

"Okay, you should go to bed early, too." Shi Xiu yawned as she spoke, and asked someone to prepare a room for Ma Ling, and each of them rested.

This time Ma Ling slept soundly, the room in his shop was very safe, and there were many guards outside.

Sleeping until breakfast, Ma Ling heard the noise outside and the camels barking strangely.

Open the door and come out to see that hundreds of guys are loading the camels on the brackets.

Bags of tea, buckled iron pots, sets of kitchen knives, silk cloth, big bags of pickles, chunks of cattle and sheep licking bricks, etc.

Camel caravans are all very particular, usually two guys are in charge of six camels, and a hundred or so guys are at least three hundred camel caravans, this size is enough.

Ma Ling was about to go to the restaurant for dinner, when he just went out, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Isn't this Brother Ma?"

Ma Ling turned around and saw that it was none other than Duan Jing and Brother Duan, with the same golden hair, the same as a golden retriever, but his image and temperament changed drastically. All of them are gems, and they are upstarts at first glance.

"Boss Duan, I haven't seen you for a while." Ma Ling smiled.

Duan Jingzhu said: "Don't talk nonsense, let's use the old name. You can just call me brother. I have to dress up like this. I have to be a money-spreading boy if I want to go unimpeded in the Liao Kingdom. I am nothing more than selling horses for my brother. In the future The achievement is still higher than Brother Ma's."

Ma Ling said modestly: "It's all the same, I just run errands for my brother and pass on a message."

"You can't have a drink in the morning. You told Shenjuzi to run fast. Where are you going? I'm going to Helan Mountain this time, and I won't be back when I get there. I'll come back next spring, and I won't be able to leave after a heavy snowfall." Duan Jingzhu sighed.

Ma Ling said worriedly: "It's not safe to spend the winter on the grassland. When the white hair winds up, wild wolves gather in packs."

"It's okay. There is a chief of a big tribe in the area. I am Anda. There is a tent for the caravan to rest over there. The fence is strong and there are many people and horses. It is not a problem to survive the winter. I will take this batch of goods there to let them spend the winter." Duan Jingzhu Say.

Duan Jingzhu was rushing to deliver the goods to the grassland, and Ma Ling was going back to Cangzhou. The two chatted for a while, then separated, and the reunion was always in a hurry.

When Ma Ling returned to Cangzhou, Chai Lin was not in Chaijiazhuang, Niu Gao and these newcomers had already been arranged into the new barracks.Sun An and Qiao Daoqing belonged to those with relatively high martial arts skills. For the time being, they will be the lieutenants of the heavy cavalry battalion, and they will settle down after Chailin returns.

As for where Chai Lin has gone, Chai Lin has gone to Dongping Mansion.After the Beginning of Autumn this year, Chai Lin married three beauties, Hu Sanniang, Cheng Wan, and Pang Qiuxia. The busy schedule was exhausting, and there were a lot of red tape in the marriage.

Finally finished the marriage, the father-in-law Cheng Wanli has so many things to do, he insisted on going to Dongping Mansion to grow vegetables, and this old man has recently become obsessed with doing it himself, and Chailin happened to have a thousand acres of good land from Dongping Mansion, so he built A greenhouse.Most of them grow melons and vegetables, which are supplied to Dongping Prefecture and Tokyo markets.

The weather in early November of the lunar calendar is already winter, and people have already started to wear cotton clothes.

In a large shed covering an area of ​​one mu, the coal stove was burning vigorously.Chai Lin and Cheng Wanli were wearing unlined clothes, and they were studying cotton with great interest. The cotton was planted two months ago, and now it has bloomed and spit out stamens.

(End of this chapter)