Chapter 18: The Grain Merchant

Cui Wenqing nodded, found a table at random and sat down, and as soon as he sat down, he heard Zhi Zhao say: "In addition to the meritorious soldiers today, Fuzhou and Linzhou also made a special trip to congratulate, and there are also several important partners of our Zhenwu Army in business. ”

Cui Wenqing was surprised and asked, "What?" Are you still in business with the Zhenwu Army? ”

Zhi Zhao smiled slightly and was about to explain, Mu Wan, who was standing next to her, had already preemptively said: "The Zhenwu Army is located in the northern border, it is an important force to resist the Western Xia Liao State, and the imperial court only gives 30,000 soldiers, which is far from enough, so our Zhenwu Army has been overstaffed, and now there are 50,000 people in Manda, and the remaining 20,000 people will not be supplied by the imperial court, everything can only be earned by our own business." ”

Cui Wenqing suddenly woke up and couldn't help but secretly admire.

He didn't know much about border troops such as Zhenwu Army, but the government army, which was the main army of the imperial court, had always had the phenomenon of generals eating military salaries and drinking soldiers' blood.

A leading army in the Chong Mansion obviously only had 2,000 people, and some bold generals actually reported the number of 3,000 people, and the extra 1,000 military salaries were eaten by the leading generals.

Therefore, Prime Minister An Shi in the court spared no effort to implement the law change, wanting to change the chaos in the army.

As the commander of the first army, Zhe Zhao has to do some business and raise more soldiers in addition to defending the enemy, which is really rare to compare with those generals who drink the blood of soldiers.

Zhi Zhaodai frowned lightly, and said: "So husband, you must respect these VIPs, especially Baizhou Mountain, the largest horse merchant in Hedong Province, and Liang Qingchuan, a grain merchant, and you can't offend." ”

After speaking, Zhi Zhao thought about it for a while, and it seemed a little difficult to speak, but she still told the truth: "Liang Qingchuan, a grain merchant, has always been very close to Zhi Weiben, and the two are even more friendly with their sons. ”

Cui Wenqing waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I have my own measure, as long as he doesn't offend me, I will never offend him." ”

Zhi Zhao sighed lightly, and said earnestly: "Even if he wants to provoke you, try to be patient, our Zhenwu Army Tai relies on Liang Qingchuan to provide half of the rations, but we can't afford to offend." ”

Cui Wenqing bowed slightly, but secretly thought in his heart: Since Liang Qingchuan is good friends with Zhi Weiben, he will most likely be embarrassed by me later.

I sat and waited for half an hour, and at noon, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent.

The first to arrive were the meritorious soldiers in the war against the Liao State, and there were hundreds of them.

Except for seven or eight generals, the rest of the soldiers were all seated outside the big tent.

Cui Wenqing looked at the several generals who entered, and immediately found an acquaintance, Bai Yifei was also among them.

Seeing Cui Wenqing, Bai Yifei smiled, did not come forward to greet him, and sat down at the back of the case after saluting him.

But Cui Wenqing maliciously guessed: This guy laughed so coquettishly, and he didn't know if he put on the big pants.

A moment later, the Fuzhou Thorn History and the Linzhou Thorn History came together.

Zhezhao Governor's Prefecture, Linzhou, Xuzhou, Fengzhou military, from the three grades of real officials, placed in the real officials no more than three grades of the Great Qi, that is the pinnacle of existence, these places are mostly four grades, naturally have to pay a big respect.

Immediately afterward, the father and son came in with five or six men who looked like merchants.

Daqi agriculture and businessmen at the same time, the imperial court is not contemptuous of businessmen, and these businessmen also hold the lifeline of the supply of grain, grass and horses for the Zhenwu army, Zhezhao naturally attaches great importance to it, stands up from the back of the case, and helps each other with his hands: "You big businessmen can be invited to the banquet, this handsome is really lucky, please sit down." ”

The merchants straightened up after seeing the salute, and one of them was as short and fat as a ball, with a pair of mung bean eyes The middle-aged man stroked his beard and smiled: "The Governor of Zhedu is as beautiful as a fairy, and he is a peerless beauty, as soon as the enemy army hears the good name of the Governor, he will naturally retreat, and he will hear that the Governor is triumphant, of course I, Liang Qingchuan, will come to ask you for a glass of water and wine, hahaha, I am disturbed." ”

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere of the big tent, which was originally considered happy, became tense, and many people present changed color, and Bai Yifei's eyes burst out with angry flames.

This Liang Qingchuan did not mention Zhe Zhao's victory in repelling the Liao State at all, but praised her beauty, but did not put Zhe Zhao, the commander of the whole army, in his eyes, and this remark also implied that Zhe Zhao's woman is handsome, without any talent, and it is all based on the United States to retreat from the enemy, which is really ill-intentioned.

Zhi Zhao was clear-minded, and naturally understood the vague meaning of Liang Qingchuan's words.

Liang Qingchuan definitely doesn't have such courage, and there is no need to ask someone to support him behind his back.

Thinking of this, Zhi Zhao's eyes swept away, and sure enough, he saw an imperceptible sneer overflowing from the corner of the latter's mouth, and it seemed that he was completely prepared!

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

At this moment, a cough just broke the embarrassing and dull atmosphere in the tent, and also made everyone's eyes look at the white-clothed man sitting on the east side of the first case.

I saw him arch his hand at Zhe Zhao, and said with a smile: "Lady, it is really festive for friends to gather together today, and please introduce one or two for your husband, and make a familiar face." ”

The title of a lady made everyone stunned, and many people realized that not long ago, this beautiful female governor had married a wife, and I heard that her husband was a powerless talent, could it be this person?

Zhi Zhao thought that this was Cui Wenqing relieving her, and hurriedly smiled and said: "It was Ben Shuai's negligence, all the senior friends and soldiers, this is Cui Wenqing, the husband of Ben Shuai." ”

Cui Wenqing looked around and bowed, his attitude was calm and calm, and he was not at all cramped.

When Liang Qingchuan saw Cui Wenqing change the topic, he was immediately deeply displeased, and snorted lightly and said very contemptuously: "Oh, Your Excellency is the son-in-law in the Folding Mansion, it is really better to meet than to be famous." ”

Cui Wenqing didn't seem to hear the mockery in his words at all, and asked with a smile that didn't decrease: "I don't know who this is?" ”

Liang Qingchuan's eyes closed slightly, and he said with an arrogant face: "I am Liang Qingchuan, the owner of Qingfeng Commercial Bank, and half of the grain in this Hedong Road is from my hands, even the military rations of the Zhenwu Army are no exception. ”

"Ah, it turns out that Your Excellency is Boss Liang, you really have admired your name for a long time!"

Cui Wenqing pretended to be surprised and sighed, and said with admiration: "Boss Liang, you have been in the business market for a long time, you have an old and spicy vision, you can make good decisions, you can plan the store account, and win the battle outside the commercial market. ”

Although Liang Qingchuan hated Cui Wenqing very much, when he heard such words, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in his heart, and pretended to be a deep chin and said: "It's just a small business, and you can't get on the table, you can't get on the table." ”