"I still have a place for you, not just the two of you, but probably even more." Zhang Han instructed: "After you two go back, help me pick some people, all of whom are in a similar situation to you, bold and daring, not very treacherous, find more, and say that I will do things." ”

Hearing Zhang Han say this, Liang Xing and Yang Qiu stepped forward to take the silver, both of them looked a little excited, this time they just ran back and forth, and they never fought with anyone, let alone injured, they easily took so much, they used to fight with people half to death, and even the cost of soup and medicine was only a few taels of silver, after all, it was still more promising to mess with the rich Shaodong.

After the two took the silver, Liang Xing knelt down and thanked: "Thank you Shaodong for the reward, we will pick someone when we go back, and bring it to Shaodong in two days to show Shaodong." ”

"Well, you can go for yourselves."

After Liang Xing and the others left, Zhou Fengji said with some uneasiness: "How many nurses does Shaodong want?" These bullies are used to being careless, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to be a nursing home. ”

"That's what I'm going to tell you." Zhang Han said: "The two of you will follow me to the study and say. ”

Saying that, Zhang Han was in front, the two shopkeepers were behind, and the three of them went to the study together, where it had been idle for a long time since Zhang Han stopped studying.

Looking at the backs of the three people, Zhang Chun also stuck out his tongue, unconsciously, this is only a little time, the young proprietor has already gained a firm foothold, resolved the crisis, and successfully made the shopkeepers obey him, he suddenly remembered that the study may be used by himself, and quickly brought a pot of boiling water from the kitchen, took a cup and tea, and rushed over.

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"That's it...... In short, if you want to do it, you have to hurry, otherwise you can't catch it one step, and you can't catch it step by step. ”

Zhang Han talked for a long time, and his mouth was thirsty, just when Zhang Chun came in with a pot, he made a pot of tea, poured it in the cup, held it in his hand and waited for the water to be cold, and passed by the warm and cold palm.

The two shopkeepers sat like clay sculptures, and there was no movement in the middle of the sound.

Zhang Han's plan was not too complicated, and Liang Hong and Zhou Fengji were just shocked by his guts.

Set up a mule and horse shop, provide delivery services, and also act as bodyguards, responsible for the safe and undamaged delivery of goods, in this way, to train people and familiarize themselves with the way of business, with the ultimate goal of monopolizing the smuggling trade with the Mongols.

"There may be some big proprietors and gentry and generals who are already doing such things, but it is not a day's work to settle the relationship between all parties. What we have to do is to seize the opportunity and establish relations with the Mongols first, at least from Datong East Road to Zhangjiakou, this place is very important, we can grab it first! ”

"Young proprietor, this is Wang Yong, this is Yang Sisun, this is Jiang Kui, this is Jiang Yi, the two of them are brothers, this is Wen Zhongfa, this is Liu Dequan'......"

It has been a small year, and in a short time, Zhang Han's mule and horse shop has opened near Xinyuanmen on North Street.

Xinpingbao may lack anything else here, but the only thing that cannot be missing is mules and horses, Zhang Han and the two shopkeepers discussed, spent 200 or two pawns to make such a large miscellaneous courtyard, here when the business is a little dilapidated and chaotic, it is very suitable for mules and horses, the place is large, and there are many houses that can be converted into stables.

Now there are more than 200 horses and more than 100 mules in the courtyard, and many people are hired to raise them, so many mules, and the beans used for eating usually also cost a lot of money, especially in winter, the price of forage is also relatively high, and the mules and horses spend nearly 2,000 silver in total, and they have to eat more than a dozen stone beans and hundreds of bunches of hay every day, plus the cost of the muleman, the daily expenditure is more than 20 taels, which is a big burden.

In addition to the mule drivers and horses and mules, the higher cost is the tigers in front of you.

The age is around twenty, the older Zhang Han doesn't want it, those in their thirties, although their energy and body are still in the prime of life, but they have been rolling on the street for more than ten or twenty years, which is equivalent to the old fritters who have returned to the pot countless times, no matter how much silver and no matter how much energy they have, they can't be trained well, as far as these people in front of them are concerned, although they are still very young, most of them have evil and anger on their faces, and they have a lot of vices.

Zhang Han didn't find it too challenging...... His previous life was originally on the edge of black and white, and almost everyone around him was as virtuous as he was in front of him.

After a period of development, he will absorb more people, and when the time comes, he will not focus on these bullies, but now, when it comes to turf, these people are much better than good people.

Every time Liang Xing said someone, he came over to salute Zhang Han, with a casual attitude, a respectful attitude, and a look of indifference, but when signing up, Zhang Han personally gave a small ingot of silver to these people, and said: "This is this year's annual reward, do it well." Only then did each of the Lama Tigers show respect on their faces, and they bowed lower as they bent down.

"I won't arrange for everyone to go out a year ago," Zhang Han looked at everyone and said loudly: "I know that you are all good at fighting, and what comes to me is fighting, so I will make it clear to you at this level." There is another layer, if you take my money from me, you have to obey my commands, if you can't stand it, return it to me while the money is not hot, and then get out. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and felt that this young proprietor was very direct and refreshing, and it was easy for them to accept such words, and of course no one would really take the silver back.

After Zhang Han finished speaking, he said to Liang Xing: "In the past few days, everyone has practiced horseback riding, I know that most of you can ride horses, but there will be a lot of times when you go out of the jam in the future, and your riding skills are far worse than those of Tartars, so you have to practice stronger." ”

Liang Xing was taken aback and said, "Shaodong means that he still wants to fight Tartars?" ”

"We are not officers and soldiers, and it is unprofitable to fight Tartars, but when we go out to do business in the future, it is inevitable that Tartars will come to rob us, and you can't ask people to rob my silver and goods in vain."

Speaking of this, Liang Xing and the others were all gearing up, and everyone said: "There is no reason for this, who dares to rob us, we have always been the only one to rob others." ”

After all, the border place is different from the mainland, these tigers in front of them were called good families in the Han Dynasty, and they were recruited as knights during the war, carrying bows out of the fortress, chasing the dead and chasing the north, these guys in front of them are not good people, they have the ability to ride horses and shoot arrows, but the level is different, if they are in the mainland, they want to find so many people at once, it is impossible at all.

Zhang Han looked at the courtyard, the existing guys are about 20 people, the bullies are almost fifty, each person is two taels of silver per month, and when he goes out, he adds one or two months' money, which is three taels, this silver is higher than the monthly money of the cavalry Ding 224, these bullies can't earn half of the silver all year round, so they are not afraid that these guys will be disobedient in a short time.

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"The villain has seen Shaodong."

The courtyard of the mule and horse shop was full of mule dung and horse dung, and a group of people knelt down when they saw Zhang Han, not caring about dirty at all.

Five men and five women, and a dozen or so little dirty children, the adults snorted, and the children also knelt, looking at Zhang Han without blinking. These children's faces are so dirty that they can't see the color of their skin clearly, only their eyes are like a clear stream, clear to the bottom, and their innocence still exists.

This is Zhang Han from the Qing Army Department to get the five craftsmen, there are fifty or sixty craftsmen in the fort, more than half of them have escaped, and there are still more than a dozen left, usually responsible for repairing armor and weapons and other things, but most of them did not really ask them to do such a thing, most of them were forced to do some civilian work, and the money earned was divided among the officials who managed the craftsmen, and usually gave three buckets of miscellaneous grains every month, most of them were mixed with stones and sand, and only half was left after being cleaned, and sometimes they may not be able to get half, these craftsmen are the lowest people in Xinping Fort, In fact, it is the same everywhere, the peasants are enough to be at the bottom, the military households are not as good as the peasants, and the artisan households are not as good as the military households, you can imagine how low the status of the artisan households is, and the Ming Dynasty used these man-made houses to make artillery weapons, repair armor and make helmets, plus officials embezzled materials, and you can imagine what the quality of weapons supplied to the army is.

These artisan households were rented, and Zhang Han gave the Qing Army Hall two taels of silver every month, and the people belonged to him.

Zhang Han stepped forward and helped several men up one by one, he didn't remember the names of these people, but he still had a smile on his face, and said with a pleasant face: "The busiest thing here every day is to build horseshoe, repair saddles and other things, and when I am busy for a while, I will build some weapons such as long knives and waist knives, and I need people here to go out of the escort car." ”

Everyone wanted to kneel down and agree, Zhang Han stopped them again, and when everyone stood up, he smiled again: "Each man has two catties of grain a day, women and children each have one catty of grain, and each family is given one or two salts and vegetables every month. ”

Zhang Han's conditions were tantamount to going from hell to heaven in an instant for these craftsmen, and several men were still holding on to their palms, but their eyes were red, the women were already full of tears, and everyone knelt down and snorted, and their gratitude was beyond words.

There are hundreds of mules and horses in the mule and horse shop, and there are a lot of horseshoes used, Zhang Han will buy a large number of mules and horses to set up branches in the future, and it will definitely not be enough to find these craftsmen, and he will also build weapons.

"I've got something, see if you can build it."

When the craftsmen were leaving, Zhang Han stopped a goatee and commanded in a low voice.

After Liang Hong put up the pretense of the confession, he began to put up wooden proclamations on both sides of the door.

People in other places may not know a few words, but in a place like Xinpingbao, the young men running around the street can also know a few words.

As soon as the bulletin board came out, many people immediately gathered around, and the shopkeepers of some businesses were inconvenient to come, so they sent their men over to see, and then hurried back to tell their shopkeepers that they knew.

Throughout the morning, there were people coming and going in front of the Yusheng store, as lively as the downtown area.

Liang Hong held his hands to block the cold, his face was full of smiles, and he greeted people when he met a familiar shopkeeper, and Zhou Fengji was still sitting on the counter in charge, with a smile on his face.