choke element

Chapter 302

Guo Ning of Laizhou Dinghai used hundreds of riders to drive Moqi Mountain to intimidate Yang An'er, which is really a shame to Yang An'er's generals.At this time, the main force of Yang An'er's troops moved west one after another, but they still stationed elite soldiers in Weizhou and Mizhou, also to strictly guard against the Dinghai.

At this moment, Guo Yaoer shouted and asked questions, the sound of swords being drawn out of their sheaths in the Chinese military tent could be heard resoundingly, as the lights of the swords flickered, more than a dozen Pianbi generals and Jue Cong stepped forward together.

Zhang Kai's feet felt a little weak, and when he was about to fall back to his seat, he tried to support himself.

Zhao Bin sneered slightly, not bothering to put his hand on the handle of the knife.

Zhou Keshan looked around at the shadow of the sword.If he bumped into this one a few months ago, he might have been a little scared; but in the past few months, he has suffered, fought in wars, turned over among the dead, and carried a gun on the front of a Mongolian cavalry, so he is really courageous a lot of.

At that moment, he just sighed: "Dutong, why are you doing this? Mr. Zhou is from Fushan Island, Laizhou. He told you that outside the barracks, and I never lied to you. Merchants in Laizhou bring some Laizhou specialty goods for sale. What do you think is abnormal?"

He stretched out his finger, pushed away a long knife that almost reached the door, and asked again: "Or, you all think that these special goods are not good?"

Guo Yaoer stared at Zhou Keshan for a while, then waved his hands, the subordinates put away their knives and put them back into their original positions.

When doing this action, he suddenly regretted it.If I had known that this merchant came from a strange way, I should have welcomed him into the secret room for a talk. At this moment, there are still a little more people in the Chinese army's tent.

After regretting it, he was shocked again: Could it be that, in my heart, I have been moved by these "special goods"?Guobaier, Guobaier, you have been with Marshal Yang for many years, and you have suffered so much, why are you so greedy now?No, no, this can't be called greed, maybe I...

Guo Yaoer shook his head violently.

He asked in a deep voice: "You mean, weapons, armor, arrows, etc. are all Laizhou's special products?"

"of course."

"I've never heard of such a prosperous iron prison in Laizhou."

Zhou Keshan looked up to the sky and made a haha: "I have been in Shandong for a long time. Don't you know that Deng, Lai, Zi, Yi and other places have been rich in iron since ancient times? As mentioned above, chopping wood, wrought iron, and making utensils are important local sources of income. At the end of last year, my family’s Jieshuai recovered more than [-] craftsmen from the Laiwu Iron Supervisor in Tai’an Prefecture from the Mongols. With the support of these craftsmen, The more ironware is produced. Dutong, what you see is just a small business, and there is no need to make a fuss."

"I see."

The Laiwu Supervisor in Yanzhou and Tai'an Prefecture, under which there are [-] iron smelting institutes, is a famous iron production place in the country.Before the Mongolian army attacked, many iron smelters were breached, and a large number of craftsmen were swept away by the Mongolian army.

The Mongolian army's plundering of people is very professional, and craftsmen are always the group of people they pay most attention to.But then Guo Ning threatened the life of the fourth prince Tuo Lei, and the Mongols were inevitably in a hurry, so many craftsmen were released back.

As a result, Guo Ning was much cheaper.

Guo Yaoer thought about it cautiously, nodded, and asked again: "Then, who sold these goods to me? What's the price?"

"Dutong, you have no reason to ask this question." Zhou Keshan couldn't help laughing.He pointed to Zhang Kai beside him: "These goods are naturally sold to you by the leader of my family. As for the price...the book is all written clearly, so you can rest assured that we are doing long-term business and pay attention to it. Treat people with sincerity, without deception.”

Such merchants are full of nonsense, and none of them is credible.

This guy surnamed Zhou, who said "my family is handsome" in the last sentence, is now the leader of your family?Looking at this young man surnamed Zhang, he is clearly a novice... Is it stupid to treat my country as a bitch?You only use his Mingzhou maritime merchant name to do things!
But Guo Yaoer couldn't expose this nonsense.

In other words, there is no need to expose it.

Two silk volumes are placed in front of you.Everything they can provide is written so clearly; everything is urgently needed by the country, and the price is fair.If Guo Yaoer turned against them, it would be hard to say whether the next group of sea merchants would have such capabilities.

Guo Yaoer knew that what really allowed the sea merchants to earn huge profits was the business of Daxing Mansion, the central capital of the Kingdom of Jin, and the sea route leading to Daxing Mansion, the central capital, was now in the hands of Guo Ning.On the Mizhou side, the old Jiaoxi market has long been abandoned.If there is no agreement today, it is hard to say whether there will be another wave of sea merchants coming.

Seeing that Guo Yaoer was lost in thought, Zhou Keshan put his hand on the jade belt around his waist, and took two steps forward: "Dutong, I still have a few words, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Tell me about it."

"Marshal Yang claims to have hundreds of thousands of troops. He is about to build a country and invade the Central Plains. He will compete with Wanyan Heda, a subordinate of King Nasui. Outsiders think that Marshal Yang has raised ten times as many troops to stir up the situation, and it seems unstoppable. But , Dutong, you are also an old soldier, are you really worried about the situation before you? If there is an emergency, don't you think that there should be such a few available people and soldiers to try to turn the tide?"

"You have underestimated my marshal."

"Marshal Yang's brilliance and prowess, I have heard about it for a long time in Laizhou, so I have these words from the bottom of my heart."

These words are simply killing me!

Guo Yaoer stared at Zhou Keshan fiercely, and took a lot of effort to remove his hand from the handle of the knife.

On the contrary, Guo Yaoer's subordinates were all annoyed, a small school couldn't help it, got up and pointed at Zhou Keshan with a halberd.

Just said something: "You guys are obviously the people who set up the navy in Laizhou! You don't hesitate to put my family in an embarrassing situation for the benefit of that Guo, and you want to use this to disrupt our military and political affairs? You... ..."

Then Guo Yaoer shouted, "Get out!"

The little principal was taken aback, Guo Yaoer said again: "Where is there a place for you to talk here? Get out!"

The little school came out angrily, and the Chinese army's tent became quiet all of a sudden.

Guo Yaoer thought for a while.He stood up from his seat and took a few steps inside the tent. Looking past the subordinates who were waiting with bated breath, he saw the things that had slowly been added to his tent these days.

There are gold-plated lotus flower and silver cups, golden belt manacles with wishful-shaped long patterns, necklaces with gold silk and agate tubes, and many other bits and pieces. The tents of the Chinese army are not bright, but these objects still shine. With a soul-stirring brilliance.

Guo Yaoer always remembered that his family was from an old soldier, and he was very strict with himself, but even so, his tent in the Chinese army is now much more extravagant.What will happen to the other generals, what will happen to those soldiers who also come from hard backgrounds, Guo Yaoer doesn't know, and he dare not think.

But he still clearly remembered that when Yang An'er was stationed at Jiming Mountain with [-] Tiewa warriors, he used to laugh at the Jin army, which had hundreds of thousands of people, but lacked training, equipment, and fighting spirit, just like chickens and dogs.Now Marshal Yang has hundreds of thousands of people under his command. What is the difference from the Northern Xinjiang Golden Army back then?
If I had to say it, it was that ordinary soldiers had been tortured and tortured by the Jurchens for decades, and the accumulated anger was still there.But what about the generals, Guo Yaoer didn't know, and didn't dare to think about it.

In this case, it is really important to arm your subordinates as soon as possible and feed the soldiers as soon as possible.As Zhou Keshan said this week, in case of emergency, whether it is to turn the tide, or to protect Marshal Yang and himself, a decent army is needed.

Of course, this process also continued to cover Ding Haijun.Then Guo Ning watched Marshal Yang's troops cut off the Dajin court from the three states of Denglai, and he didn't know what to laugh about.

In the final analysis, if Guo Ning was able to run a decent business in the three states of Denglai, why couldn't he do it himself?Since the business is unfavorable in political affairs, relying on the support of the outside world has become a helpless but inevitable choice.

"Just business?" he asked.

Zhou Keshan emphasized his tone: "We are merchants, traveling thousands of miles just to make money, and we have no other intentions."

"Business can be done." Guo Yaoer stood firm and said slowly: "But you can't come to Zhucheng, that's too eye-catching. Banqiao Town in Jiaoxi has been abandoned for a long time, you can pack it up and use it to be stationed there. But if there are supplies arriving with the ship, I will send people to Banqiao Town to meet them.”

"Yes." Zhou Keshan stood up and saluted Guo Yaoer respectfully.

Zhang Kai also hurriedly saluted, Zhao Bin only nodded slightly.

Guo Yaoer thought for a while, and then said: "Although you are a caravan from Mingzhou in Song Dynasty, you can also go to Dengzhou, right?"

"Yes."

"Gengge, governor of Dengzhou, is my old friend. Later, I will write a letter to greet you and reminisce about old friendship. If you drop by, you can take it with me."

Zhou Keshan smiled: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)