After waiting for a few more days, Li Yan finally met the Fan family. This time the Fan family came to the same number as the caravan last time, but most of them were martial artists, and only a few were accountants and the like.

The people from the Fan family were very honest this time. After handing the horses to Li Yan's subordinates, they handed a reply letter, and then got into the inn and couldn't come out. However, the food and drink were customized from Fanlou, with three meals a day, and every meal. And they also invited a complete set of singing girls and juggling teams from Fuleyuan, as if they came to Kaifeng just to squander and enjoy.

In the Governor's Office, after seeing Li Yan, Fan Yongdou knelt down and kowtowed in a regular manner: "Little Minor Fan Yongdou, kowtow to General Li."

Li Yan looked at the middle-aged man who was not rich in appearance in front of him and his clothes were not very luxurious, but he was indeed a wealthy businessman.

"Please get up." Li Yan ordered.

"Thank you General Li." Fan Yongdou kowtowed again, and then stood up after thanking him.

"Please sit down." Li Yan said lightly.

Fan Yongdou immediately bowed: "The little people dare not."

Li Yan said casually: "Okay, you can do whatever you want."

"Then the little people are more respectful than obedient. Thank you General Li for giving him a seat." Fan Yongdou finally thanked him, sat half his butt, always following the rules.

Li Yan was amused and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the Fan Dong family coming to see me?"

Fan Yongdou was stunned, immediately stood up, took out the gift list from his sleeve, presented it with both hands, and said, "Xiaomin specially apologized to General Li. My shopkeeper did not understand the rules and violated General Li's laws. Please let them go because they were the first offender."

After that, Fan Yongdou signaled that the follower carried a few large boxes from outside, and then opened the lids all to let Li Yan see what was inside.

Fan Yongdou made a snow-white fur from a box and said, "This is the best ferret fur. In three years, I have only made these two pieces. The remaining eight are all from sables."

Li Yan signaled that Sun Sifu took the ferret fur without any variegated colors over.

Fan Yongdou finally smiled and then continued to introduce: "This is the best Dongzhu, six inch-sized diameter, eighteen inches in size, and the remaining 108 are all half-inch-sized. This is the best Korean ginseng, which has been used as tributes in previous years. This is deer antler, this is."

Li Yan suddenly said lightly: "It's so interesting."

Fan Yongdou stopped and said with a smile: "This is all smoked with the best Longyan fragrance, so it naturally has a fragrance."

"I'm talking about the smell of blood." Li Yan explained.

Fan Yongdou said with a smile: "The general is joking, how could it smell bloody?"

"You know what I mean."

Fan Yongdou's face changed and he bowed: "General, Xiaomin knows what you mean. But Xiaomin is just a businessman. The villain only makes some money. As for the money from the Ming Dynasty or the money from the Qing Dynasty, it is difficult for the villain to divide each other."

Li Yan was satisfied with Fan Yongdou's frankness. He asked slowly: "What is the price of my military news?"

"This," Fan Yongdou hesitated for a moment before replying: "It's not worth the price. It's just that the Qing soldiers have suffered a lot in Henan, so I just want to know your details, General, and I'll entrust us to find out."

"Did you find out clearly?" Li Yan asked curiously.

Fan Yongdou smiled bitterly and said, "Since he knew that the general didn't want outsiders to know, the villain had to stop inquiring. What he knew now was just rumors from various places before, and the villain didn't know the specific situation."

Li Yan asked with a smile: "Why are you bringing only 800 horses this time? Manager Liu said it clearly that I need a large number of war horses here."

"After a while, the little man gave up this old face, he could only get so many." Fan Yongdou quickly explained: "It's going to be the Chinese New Year, so you can't make the shopkeeper and the friends' families anxious and sad. When the next year, the snow will melt, the little man will raise horses for the general. What do you think about the general?"

Li Yan smiled and said, "It's reasonable. It seems that I can't agree."

"The villain has no such intention, no such intention." Fan Yongdou bowed and clasped his fists and said repeatedly.

Li Yan waved his hand and said casually: "Let's not talk about these things for now, let's talk about the situation in the Qing Dynasty."

Fan Yongdou thought for a while before replying: "Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty passed away in August. Now he is the six-year-old ninth prince of the emperor, Fulin, who will be the emperor, and the year name will be changed at the beginning of the year. However, a baby cannot be the leader. Now the person in charge is Prince Zheng Jirhalang and Prince Rui Dorgon. It is said that the Eight Banners almost fought because of the emperor's candidate, but later they took the overall situation into consideration and no chaos occurred."

Fan Yongdou stopped for a while and continued, "This time, the invasion of the south plunders has gained a lot. The soldiers and generals have been fighting for more than half a year and are already exhausted. In addition, the previous Songjin Battle was also quite damaged. Therefore, within these two years, the Qing Dynasty should not plunders south again."

Li Yan was not surprised at all about the change of the Qing Dynasty, but he did not agree with Fan Yongdou's judgment that the Qing Dynasty would not invade again in the short term. If it were normal, there might be no problem, but Li Zicheng would soon be invading Beijing, which was a bit hard to say. After all, it was also a good opportunity for the Qing Dynasty.

"Let's talk about the Qing army personnel, military preparations, too." Li Yan said lightly.

Fan Yongdou bowed: "General, the villain has no idea about this. The Qing Dynasty was different from the Ming Dynasty, and could find out the news at will. Especially for us, they were particularly careful."

"It's all about doing business, why should the Fan Dong family be favored by one or the other?" Li Yan asked with a sneer.

Fan Yongdou couldn't, so he had to say, "The specific one is really not sure. However, the Qing Dynasty has now completed the composition of the three Eight Banners of Manchuria, Mongolia and Han army, and there should be a lot of people who can mobilize. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty's cannons and muskets were all learned from the Denglai soldiers of the Sanshun King, and there were also red barbarians to teach them, which was very sharp. Oh, in addition to these, Korean musket soldiers can also be mobilized to assist in the war. The villain only knows so much."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Well, let's get here today. I've accepted the gift, but you can't leave for the time being. I'll remember something in a few days and I'll look for you again."

"This," Fan Yongdou pleaded: "The New Year is coming soon, so it's not good to delay any more, right? Please give me kindness to the general."

Li Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry. If you can't go back here, other border merchants will spread the news from the mainland, which will not affect the information of the Qing Dynasty."

"This, this, the villain is wronged." Fan Yongdou defended: "The villain did not tell the Qing Dynasty the news about the general. The villain is a businessman, and his reputation is important. Please rest assured."

Li Yan said casually: "Don't worry, I'm really talking to you, but I haven't figured it out yet. When we finish the talk, we will naturally let you go back."
Chapter completed!