Chapter 643: Intercepted Again
Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, Ji's Bank, and Gu's Merchant Alliance are all acting quietly.
After meeting that day, the three parties are now busy with their own affairs.
Gu Huaisheng made a decision after learning that Xianbei had secretly sold a batch of cattle and sheep.
Although he didn't know who the buyer was, he felt it should be the governor. He didn't know how the governor did it, but that didn't stop him from following closely.
Compared with the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce and the Ji's Bank, the members of the Gu's Merchant Alliance are more mixed and easier to operate.
He asked people to find the horse dealer privately and asked him to go to Xianbei to buy as many horses as possible.
Su Shao was an old horse dealer. This day he received a big order, so he packed up and went to the herdsmen area of Xianbei with great enthusiasm.
He is an old horse dealer and is very familiar with the Xianbei herdsmen. He arrived at his destination by familiar routes, and after being entertained by familiar herdsmen, he started to work after eating and drinking.
He looked at the running horses and asked, "Zabu, your family has raised a lot of horses this year. Do you want to sell these horses?"
"Not for sale," the herdsman named Zabu replied.
His family had just sold some cattle and sheep and was not short of money. Moreover, the people above emphasized that their fine horses from Xianbei must not be sold to the Han people. The horses that were traded in the past were either defective or they had tampered with them.
"Forty liang per horse." Su Shao bid calmly.
For someone like him who makes an offer even if they don't agree with each other, Zabu:...
They have no shortage of horses in Xianbei. The weather has been particularly good this year, so they have more horses. In the past, a horse of this quality would only cost thirty taels.
"Not for sale." Zabu gritted his teeth.
"Forty-five taels."
"Not for sale." Zabu still refused with difficulty.
"Fifty taels." Su Shao continued to increase the price.
"No - not for sale." Zabuxin said, let's increase the price by one more!
"Forget it if you don't sell it." Su Shao stood up.
Zabu was a little dumbfounded, and then he quickly stopped him, "Wait, how much do you want?"
In the end, herdsman Zabu not only quietly sold the horses he could sell, but also roped in his relatives. Each horse can be sold for more than ten or twenty taels, no fool would refuse!
However, the herdsmen who sell horses have to emphasize to Su Shao after every transaction, "The horses we sell to you cannot be sold to Pingzhou."
"Don't worry, I won't sell it to Pingzhou." Su Shao patted his chest and agreed.
He doesn't sell to Pingzhou, and the person he sells to is not from Pingzhou, but he has no control over who he sells to next.
Both sides know this.
"Are those fine horses for sale?"
"No sale, no sale."
"One hundred and two horses."
"No amount of money is needed to sell it."
"Two hundred taels."
"Let's go, let's go, no selling!"
Their Khan had given a death warrant that these good horses could be used as war horses and could not be sold to outsiders. If you find out about the sale, you will be beheaded.
Su Shao understood that this road would not work.
But he decided in his mind that he would try another way later.
Now that he has a big backer behind him, he doesn't believe it, and there is still something he can't do with a large sum of money!
Just after the transaction with Tuoba Jin, Cao Huating was about to take action on the horses raised by the Xianbei herdsmen, and then he realized that he was a step too late.
After careful investigation, Cao Huating found vague clues pointing to Pingzhou.
Cao Huating:...
When working in Pingzhou, if you are slow, you will be cut off!
During this period, it can be said that Pingzhou spent countless amounts of money.
If there were big data statistics, the statisticians would definitely ask the following questions: If Pingzhou spends money so lavishly, is Pingzhou not going to live a good life?
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At Xie Mansion in Chang'an, as the days went by, there was still no news about Xie Zhan.
Zhao Yutan took out the money from being the mistress of the house and ordered people to reduce the expenses of various courtyards in the house.
Mrs. Xiao couldn't stand this anger and started making trouble immediately.
Zhao Yutan has a reason for this.
"My whereabouts are still unknown, and I don't know what will happen to our family in the future. If we don't reduce our expenses, what will we do in the future? My mother agreed to this." Zhao Yutan said softly.
Who doesn't know that Mrs. Xie, after experiencing the pain of losing her husband and her son, is now holding on to her only grandson? Zhao Yutan was doing things under the guise of protecting the family fortune for his son, so it would be strange for the old lady to stop him.
Lu Fei was wearing a loose dress and stared at Zhao Yutan, "You just decided that I'm gone? That's why you are so eager to eliminate dissenters and want to take over the property?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Xiao immediately expressed her support for Lu Fei, "She must be wishing that I was gone. After all, I am gone and the eldest young master is my only son. Wouldn't this huge Xie Mansion fall into her hands? We all have to I live my life relying on others.”
After such a commotion happened today, Mrs. Xiao was anxious and angry.
Something happened to the Governor, and she hasn't come home with her dowry yet. The Xiao family has been very sincere, and now Zhao, a bitch, is trying to trick them! How abominable!
What a short-sighted bitch!
Zhao Yutan's face was dark, how could she admit this?
"What are you talking about, two sisters? I burn incense and pray to Buddha every day, praying for my Lord's safety. Don't you see? Now that I am reducing expenses, it is not just for you two's courtyard, but also for the main courtyard. Except for my mother-in-law's place, I plan to be a vegetarian. Year, pray for me. I can do it, can’t you?”
Lu Fei: "Madam, you are a vegetarian, as if you are following the rules after losing your husband, it is unlucky!"
Xiao nodded, "I am also praying for the master, not like you, cursing the master to death."
Zhao Yutan was furious when he heard this, "How dare you!"
Lu Fei looked at Mrs. Xie, "Madam, do you also think that praying for the master with mushrooms and vegetarian food is a lucky thing?"
"Okay, let's forget about being a vegetarian." Mrs. Xie also felt that praying for the master with mushrooms and vegetarian food was unlucky at this time.
"What about the expenses in the mansion?" Zhao Yutan asked.
Mrs. Xie: "Cut it down a little bit." This also saved the daughter-in-law's face.
Zhao Yutan said immediately, "Then reduce it by 50%."
"Since the mansion is so difficult, I will pay for the expenses of my courtyard myself! I must stay in the mansion and wait for the master to return. Madam, don't try to force me to leave with such a despicable means." After saying that, Lu Fei stood up.
Xiao followed closely, "It's the same for me, Madam. The master is not here now, so you can take those small things, don't show them off to embarrass others."
"Oh, by the way, Madam, you'd better keep an eye on the money in the public treasury." Finally, Xiao looked at Zhao Yutan meaningfully. They both had dowries, unlike Madam, who always thought about the money in the public treasury.
Zhao Yutan was so angry that his face turned blue. The two of them almost said the word "a poor family" in their words. These two bitches!
Madam Xie was startled. Xiao's words reminded her that her daughter-in-law seemed to be a little short of money recently?
She had thought wrong before, thinking that her daughter-in-law was the biological mother of her grandson, and she only had Lin'er as a child. She held the money in the public treasury, and it would be handed over to her grandson in the end, so she let her do it.
Now it seems that it is better to hold the money in one's own hands.
