"These thorny goods. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zhang Ziming looked at those Russians and smiled at Wang Datong, Ma Chaowen and others: "This time is really an eye-opener." ”

"We're the eye-openers." Ma Chaowen smiled at Zhang Ziming and said: "Brother Zhang has been living on the grassland before, and I heard that the Mongols are almost the same when they get drunk. ”

"It's still a lot worse." Zhang Ziming explained: "Mongolians are generally in charge of Taiji, and the old people are also the best when they talk, if a young man dares to drink like this, he will be stuffed with a mouthful of horse manure at night, and then tied up and waiting for him to sober up, it is impossible for him to mess around on the street like this." ”

"The customs of the Russians are truly breathtaking." Li Dayong, Jiang Dalin and the others glanced at each other and smiled.

This group of Ming giant businessmen is also in a restaurant, according to the habits of the Chinese people, set up a table of the best table, everyone slowly drank wine and ate food, to the end of the banquet, only began to slowly drink tea and talk about business.

These businessmen have a considerable status, Zhang Ziming and Fu Qingming represent the grassland Han merchants, Wang Datong and Ma Chaowen are the representatives of the Zhangjiakou Han merchants, Li Dayong and Jiang Dalin Although they are Datong businessmen, but now they are completely representing the interests of Hutchison, their own business has been under Hutchison, and the company has repurchased and converted shares, and every income of Hutchison is related to them, they joined the newly established Foreign Trade Department and became one of the directors, specifically responsible for dealing with businessmen.

Compared with businessmen everywhere, the official color of the officials of the military department is too strong, and there are many plans and real ideas that will not and dare not be revealed, for Ma Chaoren, Jiang Dalin, and Li Dayong and others, although they are standard Hutchison directors and one of the shareholders, but the official color of the body is much weaker, and they still retain the true colors of businessmen, which is different from the real military personnel, and it also makes Wang Datong and them happy to deal with these people.

As for Zhang Ziming and others, they are in between, and they also belong to one of the forces.

"It's really a stroke of genius for the Qingcheng Han merchants to start the brewing industry." Wang Datong exclaimed: "Now I know why adults have made such a big career, it is really ahead of everything, and it is too accurate to see things." Even if he doesn't do Hutchison and only does business, he will definitely achieve much more than us. ”

"In fact, at the beginning, Master Zhang was a pure businessman." Ma Chaoren said with a smile: "There was nothing special about Hutchison when he was in Xinpingbao, and the capital of 30,000 taels was saved by two generations. Later, Mr. Zhang engaged in mule and horse walking, which was a stroke of genius, but that was the beginning of the transformation. It is not good to do the feet and horses of the mule and horse, and it is not good to not fight, and the so-called car and boat shop should be killed if the feet and teeth are not guilty, there is really no good class. The foot line is mostly a tiger scoundrel, the car dealership and the mule and horse shop are similar, Zhang Daren relied on a ruthless force to hit a few important lines, his car is also well-built, and the people are good, slowly using his car and horse more and more people, there is a profit, and then develop Lingqiu iron ore, iron-making, which makes his business on a big step, and because of the benefits of mules and horses, there are also subordinates who can fight, you can do smuggling business with the Beiyu, earn more, and connect with the Donglu, and the heavy profits obtained are really unimaginable to my generation. ”

Wang Datong answered: "Our giant businessman in Zhangjiakou, the famous eight families, the Fan family is the mainstay, it's not that we didn't want to fight with Zhang, but unfortunately we lost." Outside of that, no one in the Northland is Hutchison's opponent, and my generation can only sincerely cooperate with Hutchison, otherwise it would have been squeezed out of business for a long time. ”

"Master Zhang's mind is admirable." Fu Qingming said with a smile: "In fact, if Hutchison keeps squeezing, it will be really difficult for us to have businessmen in our mouths, but in that case, it will also cause a backlash, so that everyone cooperates, just like the establishment of a chamber of commerce in Tianchengwei and other places, it is really another stroke of genius." ”

"So there are people whose talents are given by God." Wang Datong raised his glass and said with a smile: "Tonight we have made clear the main direction of each family, even if there is a small conflict can be resolved through negotiation, we mainly focus on groceries and porcelain, Ma Dongzhu and others are mainly silk, Hutchison is ironware, cloth, cotton, grain, miscellaneous grains, Qingcheng Han merchants to sweet potato wine, planting tobacco, our large share capital businessmen do not compete with each other, Hutchison also gives us space, this is really a great joy." ”

Several merchants from Zhangjiakou glanced at each other, and seeing that they both had a positive meaning, Wang Datong continued: "It's just that recently, Hutchison not only has to defend against Lin Dan Khan, but also has to deal with the Chotu Khan department, and the troops are scattered for thousands of miles, which is worrying. Our idea was that Hutchison should raise some more troops, and that our merchants in Zhangjiakou were willing to scrape together a few hundred thousand, and that a few thousand more soldiers and horses should be stationed here in the city, so that with Hutchison's ability to train troops, we thought that even a new army would be of great use. ”

Several Hutchison directors also glanced at each other, and several of Qingcheng did not say anything, but the expressions on their faces obviously agreed with the opinions of the Han businessmen in their mouths.

Now the situation of the trading city is indeed worrying, the military order department is mobilizing troops and horses, but for the merchants, it means that the garrison stationed in more than a thousand miles of trade roads has become less, and it is just as dangerous, after all, there are more dangerous hungry wolves in the east, Lin Dan Khan's strength is much stronger than that of Chotu Khan, at least it has always given everyone the impression that this is the case.

There are also tens of thousands of Dingkou in the Chotu Khan department, but it is indeed much weaker than Lin Dan Khan, and the merchants are not worried that the merchant army will be defeated, compared to the Mongols who feel good, and the Russians who want to see the excitement, these Han merchants still have a good understanding of the strength of their own army.

But their fear is not defeat, but time.

A large number of armies could become entangled in the war against the Chotu tribes, which would destabilize the entire trade route.

For businessmen, taking risks means opportunities, but long-term instability means psychological insecurity, which may lead to a lot of business opportunities that cannot be realized, from the source of goods, capital, personnel allocation, insecurity means that these things are not safe, some people are willing to take risks, but most people don't like it, if these big businessmen with a net worth of hundreds of thousands of millions want to make their careers bigger again here in Mobei, they have a lot to do, and a sense of security is undoubtedly the first thing.

If it weren't for the cooperation with Hutchison, and the current change in the situation, these businessmen would not dare to think of the idea of pooling money to recruit soldiers. Everything is changing, businessmen not only have their own interests in demand, but also speak out and exchange interests, political, and of course military. At least they knew that at the beginning of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce in Hutchison, and then in the name of the merchant group guard, the predecessor of the current famous merchant army, no one thought that this guard dedicated to protecting the property of merchants could grow into what it is today.

"Please don't misunderstand Hutchison." Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Datong hurriedly explained: "A few of us just raised funds in the Zhangjiakou area, after this trip, I believe that there are a large number of business owners who want to come over to see the opportunity, the business is not safe, everyone will hesitate." Therefore, there will be a lot of contributors, and we only need to raise funds and pay money, and we don't dare to ask about other things, and we don't dare to ask. ”

"Master Zhang won't be so hearty." Li Dayong joked: "No matter how stupid we are, we will never think of reaching out to the army, that is really stupid." ”

A few years ago, when Hutchison was still in its infancy, the guards of the chambers of commerce in various places were firmly controlled by Zhang Han alone, and there may be a few people who don't know how to put their hands in, not necessarily what to do, many people may just want to be majestic, but the price is disappearance.

In those years, Zhang Han's authority had not covered all corners, and many people did not know that the fire was hot, and the price was very heavy when they stretched out their hands.

There were a lot of people who disappeared in those years, not only those who wanted to stretch out their hands in the guards, but also those who were corrupt and corrupt, colluded with outsiders to take kickbacks or sell Hutchison secrets in exchange for benefits, there were often headless corpses drifting in the river outside Xinpingbao, and Yang Qiu's prestige was not only obtained with a gloomy face, but there was no military situation at that time, and of course all these things were done by Yang Qiu with people. These things have passed for a long time, and Zhang Han has always been very good to the people and suppressed Confucianism, but it has not reached the extent that they can't accept it, and the victimized class is only the businessmen who competed with Hutchison at that time, and it is harmless to offend such a class. Officials, Confucian scholars, clans, these more powerful classes did not come forward, and they did not cause an emotional backlash, until Zhang Handou crossed Han Qi, the governor, and all the officials and gentry in the Datong area found that Hutchison had swelled into a behemoth, and there was no one to rival it.

The merchants of Zhangjiakou may not have a clear concept of these things before the defeat of the Eight Great Jin Merchants, but at this time, half of the Monan grassland has become the bag of Heyusheng, and Mobei has also expressed its submission, and the land controlled by Zhang Han is as big as a dozen Shanxi political envoys, and the number of soldiers under his subordinates alone is more than 100,000, if these merchants still can't figure out the strength of their strength, then they are too stupid.

In the process of digging deep into Zhang Han's past, many things were more or less known by Wang Datong and others, and they were more in awe, so they were more cautious, so Wang Datong's statement was by no means a trivial matter, but a profound lesson that had often been given to these businessmen in the past.

"I hope we can win sooner." Zhang Ziming sighed, stood by the window and looked in the direction of the west, unwilling to take his eyes off for a long time.

Everyone knows that his son is also in the army of the Western Expedition, although it is a rear guard unit, but the scope of cavalry warfare activities is extremely roundabout, strictly speaking, there is no real rear, so it is inevitable for Zhang Ziming to worry.