Chapter three hundred and seventy-one: aristocrats
Chapter 371: The Rich Family
Eight days passed in a blink of an eye, and the capital was not far from Datong. The emperor guarded the national gates. Naturally, the capital was not far away. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a national gate? Although it has rained these days and the roads are muddy, it is inevitable.
Arrived in Datong.
The arrival of this huge caravan naturally attracted the attention of Datong. Datong is the most important pass in the entire Xuanfu. Now, after a hundred years of operation, it has become a key place for commercial transit, which is very lively, but this lively is just about other people.
Compared with the border towns, it is much colder than the capital and the Northern Tongzhou. Even the current Lianzhou is far behind.
Jubao Trading Company has already bought a large area of land, cargo warehouses and many merchants here. When the caravan led by Liu Chengfeng arrived here, there was no need to go to look for the inn specifically. Someone has arranged everything for them.
The next step is to negotiate with the government and put the goods in check. This will take a lot of time. The people below have already started to prepare step by step. Liu Chengfeng is happy to be idle, but he should not show up too much, so he is just
I am entertained in the business, sometimes playing chess with Li Dongdong, and sometimes I read and study and study.
In fact, the caravan of Jubao Trading Company has not arrived in Datong yet, and someone has received the news, and the arrival of Jubao Trading Company is naturally heartbreaking.
The one on the same street as Jubao Trading is Kaitai Trading. If the Kaitai Trading Company is traced back to the Yuan Dynasty, when the Mongols unified the world, the prevention and control of the inside and outside the pass was relaxed, Datong was the only way inside and outside the pass.
It was once prosperous, and Kaitai Trading Company started its business at that time. It has reached its current foundation. The owner of Kaitai Trading Company was named Fan Yong.
In Datong and even Xuanfu, no one has ever heard of the Fan family's reputation. The Fan family started out of the customs trade and made a lot of money. There were thousands of people working in Changsui and nearby farms.
The family is rich enough to rival a country, and they are definitely the kind of person who trembles on the streets.
It is said that during the Tumu Fort Incident, Datong was lost and the Watshu people attacked Datong. The people in Datong were panicked. Only the eight major surnames of Datong led by the Fan family were not busy, but they still let themselves do business in Datong's shops.
As a result, the Watshu people did burn, kill, loot, but the big family like the Fan family was completely unsuccessful. There were even rumors that the Watshu people not only did not burn, kill their property, but even sent soldiers to protect them. However, these rumors did not
In fact, no one dares to say anything.
In fact, there are many people who know about the relationship here. The eight surnames of Datong, led by the Fan family, were originally doing business with the Wats and Tatars. The court prohibited merchants from going out of customs and trade, but the eight surnames had already bribed them.
The border guards brought goods to the thorns and the Tatars were unimpeded. The Tatars were doing business. Sometimes the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the thorns and the Tatars was eased, so they allowed to trade together, but some contraband were investigated very strictly. These eight major
However, the surname was satisfied with the Tatars and the Tatars. Every year, many horseshoes, swords, guns, and arrows were sent outside the pass through various means.
In this way, the Wastu people almost regarded them as their logistics managers. Although the scale of the trade was not large and the price was extremely high, the departments outside the pass could not do without them, so they naturally would not turn against them.
The Fan family is the leader of the eight major surnames. In addition to the Fan family, there are also Wang, Jin Liangyu, Liang, Tian, Zhai, Huang and other surnames running these businesses together with the Fan family. In history, these eight major surnames have turned due to the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty.
Trade to the Later Jin Dynasty. When the Later Jin Dynasty was in the most difficult time, it transported a large amount of weapons, grain and other goods to support the Jin people. After that, the Tatars entered the pass and made contributions to the "financial taxes but national use is not scarce."
The merchant summoned him to the capital, gave him a banquet hall, became a civil servant, and was granted the imperial merchant. From then on, these eight smuggled wealthy families transformed into eight imperial merchants.
The Fan family is deeply rooted in Datong, but now there is a haze covering their heads. The head of the family Fan Yong has surprisingly not been playing chess with others in Qingfeng Temple outside the city these days, and just sit at home every day.
Yong always claimed to be a gentleman, read poetry and books, and was very handsome. Especially when it was a wasteland, he would always ask his family to give some porridge and rice to the people in the city, so everyone gave him a nickname, called
He is a gentleman.
But the servants of the Fan family know that although Fan Junzi is bathed in the spring breeze outside and is good at dancing, he is a very strict person in the Fan family. He has always been a military ruler. If his mood is not good, it will never be fun.
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Fan Yong was in a bad mood during this period. He locked himself in the study every day, and only a few closest slaves went to the study to report some things to him. In other times, even food was ordered to be sent to the study.
Go, and refuse to show others easily.
This is a sign that the master is in a bad mood, so the whole mansion is cautious and passes by the study.
It was noon at this time, but an old servant who was most trusted appeared at the door of the study room filled with potted plants under the eaves. He knocked on the door gently, and the person inside said majestic: "Come in."
The old servant opened a gap in the door and walked in gently. At this time, Fan Yong was lying on the Taishi chair, pressing his temple with his hands, looking very headache.
"Have the Watsai and Tatar connected?"
The old servant was silent for a moment and said, "I've contacted them, they..."
The old servant wanted to speak but stopped.
Fan Yong frowned, pinched the beautiful beard that he had always thought of himself, and said, "You said."
"Yes, what they mean is that our Fan family is always in love with them, so it is easy to say something. However, Jubao Trading Company and they do business with each other. If the price of our Fan family and their Jubao Trading Company is the same, it is naturally
Buy our Fan family’s goods first…”
"Hmph!" Fan Yong sneered: "It turns out that we have done so much for them and it's worth such a little friendship. It seems that they are determined to do business with Jubao Trading Company?"
The old servant didn't say anything anymore. Friendship is really not worth much money in the shopping mall. In business, it is just a word of profit. The word of profit is the first. The enemy who is irreconcilable can be friends, and friends who have worked with them for many years can become
Kouqiu, Wassai and the Tatars only wanted goods. If the Fan family could trade with them, they would deal with the Fan family. If Jubao Trading Company had goods, they would naturally deal with Jubao Trading Company.
Fan Yong took a few breaths, but the name of a gentleman was not vain. Although his face looked ugly, he quickly tried to make himself calm. After a long time, he said: "The details of Jubao Trading Company's exit from the customs this time
Have you cleared it? Who is leading the team out of seclusion this time?"
The old servant said, "I found out that this person's surname is Chen, with a single name of Feng. This time he was out of seclusion, and the scale of his departure was very large. The master didn't know that Jubao Trading Company had bought a lot of real estate several months ago.
They were all piled up with mountains of goods, and thousands of mules and horses were prepared, and there were as many as 3,000 people involved, including silk, tea, porcelain, and some ironware, and they traded as usual."
Fan Yong narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Where is such a large-scale trading, what will our Fan family eat in the future? It seems that this Jubao Trading Company is going to force our Fan family to a desperate situation."
The old servant hesitated and said, "In fact, it may not be necessary. Both the Wats and the Tatars are interested in muskets. Jubao Store does not sell muskets and cannons for the Wats and the Tatars.
They all said that it was muskets and cannons. If anyone could transport them out of the customs, the price would be easy to negotiate."
Fan Yongsenran smiled and said, "Why are they interested in muskets?"
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But they said, don’t want the firearms in the border town, but what the students are using.”
Fan Yong snorted coldly: "Watsui and the Tatars have always been born on horseback. They don't use many muskets, and they mostly just need some to study them. See what's so great about this musket.
Even if they buy it at a high price, we can't make a lot of money. The most difficult thing at the moment is Jubao Trading Company. After Jubao Trading Company comes out of customs, is there anyone who wants the goods hoarded in our warehouse?
It is the foundation of the Fan family. My Fan family has been doing this business for generations. If this foundation cannot be reached by my Fan Yong, it will be gone. So, if Jubao Trading Company is here, our Fan family will have no way to survive."
He narrowed his eyes, then sighed again, and continued, "But Jubao Trading Company seems to be quite good, otherwise he would not dare to do such a big business blatantly. It seems that we have to visit the shopkeeper who led the team first.
Call me Chen Feng? When you went to get my visitation letter, you said that you invited the shopkeeper Chen to have a meal. Then you said that they were here. As a landlord, how could Fan not do the friendship of the landlord? Please do not
If they are willing to give us a way out, it would be fine. If they really can’t do it, they can only use the strong.”
When saying this, Fan Yong had great confidence. This was not a joke. The Fan family has been operating here for hundreds of years and has complicated relationships. It is the full local snake of the Xuanfu. To put it bluntly, it was sent by the imperial court.
The governor of the Xuanfu family also wanted to give him some face. Fan Yong was still very confident.
After hearing this, the old servant hurriedly said, "Yes."
The old servant was about to do as Fan Yong's instructions, but Fan Yong ordered: "Also, call the other seven surnames of Datong together, and Eunuch Cui, who guards Xuanfu, also invites him to come forward and sturdy the momentum.
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The old servant nodded, as if he had thought of something, and asked again: "Where is Lord Zuo, the governor of Xuanfu?"
Fan Yong shook his head and said, "He is a civil servant, so he should not come forward. We have fed him over the past few years. In the future, he will have to take care of him. There is no need to invite him to come today."
The old servant said, "Yes, the villain will do it now."