Seven of the Eight Great Kou - Fan Xiaoshan

As soon as the sun rose over the horizon, the wooden planks on the gate of the Hang Lung were dismantled.

Fan Xiaoshan, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, crossed the threshold, looked at the winter morning sun and exhaled a long breath of turbidity.

A tall camel snorted in front of him and slowly passed by the shop with food in its mouth.

Looking at the Mongols sitting among the humps, and then at the camel team, Fan Xiaoshan's pupils shrank, and he squeezed out a smile and arched his hand: "Guest, this is going to be out?" ”

The Mongol snorted, but did not answer, and did not stop his caravan, and walked slowly in the direction of the rising sun.

Seeing that his owner was humiliated, the man was a little angry, and was about to catch up and reason with the pickled Mongol, but was stopped by Fan Xiaoshan.

"Come back, this time I'm blind, and I can't complain that people ignore me."

The man took a closer look at the goods loaded on the camel and sneered: "Boss, the camel is full of sheepskins!"

It's not worth the money! ”

Fan Xiaoshan clicked his mouth and said: "Everyone knows that cowhide is worth more than sheepskin, but they don't know that we make far more money from sheepskin than cowhide." ”

Hearing this, the guy hurriedly leaned over and lowered his eyebrows and drooped his eyes, "You teach the little one." ”

Fan Xiaoshan glanced at the guy and said: "It is your master and your shopkeeper who can make you long-handed, and I am asked what to do about these things." ”

With that, he went into the mutton soup restaurant opposite with his hands behind his back.

On a cold winter day, there is a bowl of hot mutton soup, and then soaked in hot cakes that have just been baked, and a bowl of belly will be all back.

Today is different, Fan Xiaoshan ate a bowl of mutton soup and two cakes, but his heart was still cold, and he couldn't warm up.

A middle-aged man with a short beard walked over, fished out a sheep's hoof from his bowl and put it into Fan Xiaoshan's empty bowl, sat opposite him, and said with a smile: "Eat with me again!" ”

Fan Xiaoshan was indifferent, didn't look at the person in front of him, just lowered his head and took out a dry tobacco pouch from his waist, filled the cigarette, took out a piece of red carbon from the stove, lit the cigarette, and smoked it.

Seeing that Fan Xiaoshan was indifferent, Wang Dengku untied a bag from his waist and threw it on the table and said, "Taste it, the best yellow smoke." ”

Fan Xiaoshan glanced at the cigarette pouch, spit out a puff of smoke and said, "What's the matter, the dry smoke outside the mouth doesn't fit the mouth?"

Changed to Yungui Road? ”

Wang Dengku buried his head in eating, listened to Fan Changlu's tone, and did not explain, until he ate a bowl of mutton soup and cakes cleanly, then wiped his mouth and smiled: "Yellow smoke is also produced under Changbai Mountain!" ”

Fan Xiaoshan was taken aback, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one else in the store except for the busy shopkeeper, so he stood up and said to Wang Dengku: "Go talk elsewhere!" ”

Wang Dengku smiled, carefully wrapped the sheep's trotters in the bowl with a handkerchief, and followed Fan Xiaoshan out of the mutton restaurant.

The two walked out of the small north gate one after the other, and Fan Xiaoshan thought for a moment, and then went up the city wall along the gap in the broken city wall.

There were no soldiers guarding the city wall, and Wang Dengku pointed to the husband who was watching the two of them in the arrow tower in the distance and said to Fan Xiaoshan: "These two people are also the ones who eat our meals. ”

Fan Xiaoshan said faintly: "Ning Yuan's great victory, His Majesty Jin Ren has been hit hard, and now his soul has returned to the sky, all of you, Beizi, Baylor are all staring at Dawei with red eyes, it is estimated that we will not be used for a while."

Our Majesty has issued another decree that we are not allowed to do business with the Jin people, and if this continues, it will be extremely difficult for you and me to eat a bowl of mutton soup. ”

Wang Dengku said with a smile: "Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom gave this name to his son, and he was going to let him take over the throne."

All along, this person is dealing with us, this person is capable and open-minded, has he ever been less than us a silver tael?

Now there are rumors outside about the dragons seizing the heirs, where did it come from, don't you know? Do you believe such nonsense? ”

Fan Xiaoshan glanced at Wang Dengku deeply and said in a low voice: "Who gave you so much confidence?" ”

Wang Dengku held one hand behind his back, and the other hand pointed to the southeast of Beijing: "The emperor likes to do carpenter work, and after seven years as an emperor, he did seven years of carpenter work, and handed over all political affairs to the eunuchs, which led to heavenly punishment, and tens of thousands of people turned into ashes in a loud bang."

Do you think there is still salvation for such a country? ”

Fan Xiaoshan didn't say a word, just looked at Wang Dengku in a daze.

Wang Dengku laughed dryly and continued: "Since the implementation of the "Open China Law", you and my brother have grown grain in this land to supply military rations for the imperial court, and then went to the salt field to dry salt in exchange for salt.

Over the years, we have lived up to the imperial court, and the food supplied has fed the soldiers of the Nine Sides, but how much have we profited?

You Fan Xiaoshan guards the ancestral Changlu salt field and dries 60,000 quintals of salt every year, how much is in your hands?

It's a big joke to say, you need to exchange your own food for salt, how can there be such a reason in this world?

Do you know the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, what kind of life they lived, servants and maids were in groups, they never got tired of eating, they didn't get tired of being fine, and they were drunk and dreaming all day long.

Brother Xiao Shan, what about us? Riding a camel in the snowy desert, you can only get a small profit all year round, isn't it because there is no one in the court because of our brothers?

You can only earn a little coolie money!

I've had enough of these days, this big tomorrow is going to end, and it's time to change the dynasty.

Brother Xiao Shan, hug your thighs as soon as possible, take advantage of the fact that the Jin people still have a place to use us, work hard, make more money, and when the Jin people enter the Central Plains in the future, we can also be as rich as the Jiangnan salt merchants! ”

The more Wang Dengku spoke, the more excited he became, and in the end, he actually waved his arms, and he was very excited.

Fan Xiaoshan slowly climbed down the city wall and walked away without looking back.

Wang Dengku shouted on the city wall: "Brother Changlu, whether you succeed or not, give me a truth!" ”

Fan Xiaoshan stopped, looked back at Wang Dengku on the city wall and said: "It's up to you to decide everything, I, Fan, are the only ones who look forward to you." ”

Wang Dengku hurriedly slipped down from the earthen city wall, walked a few steps quickly and grabbed Fan Changlu's sleeve and said, "You are the backbone of our people. ”

Fan Xiaoshan sneered and said: "You even dare to trade with the camel rider I refuse, I think it's best to take you as the backbone!" ”

Wang Dengku opened his mouth and said: "Where do you dare to ......" Halfway through his words, he saw that the angry look on Fan Changlu's face was even worse, and he hurriedly said: "There are only five thousand catties of refined iron." ”

Fan Xiaoshan said: "The line you got?" ”

Wang Dengku muttered: "Go to the west exit!" ”

Fan Xiaoshan said angrily: "Is it Shanxi to kill the tiger's mouth, or Guanzhong Mansion Gukou?" ”

Wang Dengku said with a smiling face: "It's Fugukou!" ”

Fan Xiaoshan breathed a sigh of relief, sat on a big rock, pointed to Zhangjiakou and said: "This place should be abandoned immediately, it is too dangerous to go to kill the tiger's mouth, although it is far away, it is safe."

Wang Dengku, you listen to me, you must follow this cargo, and tell Huang Taiji that our goods can only be sent to the Tumut Mongols, and from now on, we will settle with the Tumut Mongols outside the mouth of Fugukou, and how he will deliver with the Mongols is none of our business. ”

Wang Dengku smiled bitterly: "Where am I qualified to meet Huang Taiji, Brother Fan, you have been praised by Nurhachi, you can only go out, only in this way can you have the opportunity to meet Huang Taiji."

Why don't we go to your store and discuss slowly, it's freezing here, it's really not a good place to discuss things! ”

Fan Xiaoshan sighed and said: "Speaking here, no matter what you say, you will be blown away by the wind, and talking in the house, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of extermination." ”

Wang Dengku said: "My generation is a businessman! ”

Fan Xiaoshan said: "Daming is rotten......"

Wang Dengku said with a smile: "Now, I can only put silver in my eyes, and the emperor of the Zhu family can't put it in my eyes."

As for the people, it's just a change of emperor, even if Huang Taiji comes to the Central Plains to be the emperor, it is better than the emperor of the Zhu family! ”

Fan Xiaoshan shook his head and said: "You only saw the joy of Lü Buwei taking the emperor as a merchandise back then, but you didn't know that Lü Buwei's power was all over the world, and it was inevitable that he would be stabbed in the neck in the end."

It's not clear what the situation is in this world.

originally thought that Nurhachi could go down to Ning Yuan with the power of a great victory, but who knew that Ning Yuan had become his life-seeking Yama.

Do things steadily......

My generation of businessmen can't afford to be early, and if we want to be loyal and patriotic, who will love us?

Today's Ming Dynasty, the emperor's political affairs are negligent, the scholars are too lenient, the common people are too strict, the farmers are unbearable to the tyranny, the riots are one after another, the boiling water pot is lively, the east is suppressed, the west is up, the west is suppressed and the east is up, and one day it will not be able to cover this lid.

Everyone says that my generation of businessmen is unprofitable and can't afford to be early, and they have no idea of the country and the world in their hearts, and they only want to get what they get.

Over the years, I have seen clearly that those champions in the court, those who were born as Jinshi are national thieves.

They don't care about this country, so don't blame me Fan Xiaoshan, who doesn't want to benefit the country and a dime, but is a big believer!

does not care about the survival of the Han people, only cares about the selfishness of the family.

Not to mention that I am a person who wants to make small profits and forgets the great righteousness, these days, the one who keeps saying the righteous is really the great righteousness?

No righteousness is carried in the arms of silver! ”

After saying these words, Fan Xiaoshan seemed to have exhausted his strength, staggered into the small north gate, slapped the city wall hard, and a city brick was slapped down by him, and with a pinch, the green brick was shattered.

Fan Xiaoshan looked up to the sky and laughed, pointed to the city wall of Zhangjiakou and said to Wang Dengku: "This should be built by Tian Shenglan's family, right?" ”

Wang Dengku said with a smile: "The construction of the city guard was undertaken by Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yongfa, and 30,000 taels of silver were used with public funds, and 300,000 taels were collected, and the guards here asked the emperor for 600,000 taels, and 300,000 taels were lost.

When the city was built, the wages given to the craftsmen by these four families were broad, and the people were all happy. ”

Fan Xiaoshan almost cried: "So it's rotten like this, no one cares about it from beginning to end......"

Wang Dengku saw that Fan Xiaoshan was in a bad mood, so he stepped forward to help him walk forward slowly, and said as he walked: "It's good for us to make money, it's good to make money, it's rare to have no wind and sand today, why don't we drink a few cups?" ”

Fan Xiaoshan pointed at Wang Dengku with a smile and said, "Do you want to drink?" ”

Wang Dengku frowned and said: "I actually don't understand, you and my brother have long been worth a lot, why are you still so frugal?"

Sometimes even I can't figure out why I should wrap a sheep's hoof in a handkerchief and save it for lunch......"

"Ancestors save money and have a hard time......

The sun has risen unconsciously, and the sun is selflessly shining on everyone, even Wang Dengku and Fan Xiaoshan are also bathed in the sun.

The camel caravan has disappeared from the horizon, and it won't be long before these five thousand pounds of fine iron will be dissolved by the blacksmith and made into the finest long knives, or arrowheads, which are all sharp weapons for killing!