Chapter 697

On the official road to the northwest.

Before noon, a group of fierce northwest soldiers dismounted and entered the restaurant.

"Wine and food, boss."

Li Sheng looked at the fierce army ruffians and did not dare to neglect them. He personally came forward to greet them.

Peimeng was playing with a dagger with a cold look.

The close soldiers came forward to report in a whisper, "tell the general that Madame Zhao sent a letter to see the general."

"No! Tell her that general Ben will go back to the northwest of Beijing. Don't look for me about the capital. "

Pei Meng returned to Beijing to send her sister Pei man off for marriage.

Gu and Pei man left the capital last month for the northwest.

Pei Meng was delayed for more than a month because he had business to deal with.

Until today, I finished everything and set out to return to the northwest camp with my family.

"Madame Zhao said that what she wanted to talk about was not about the capital, but about the northwest, about Xiliang and Beirong."

Pei Meng snorted, "ask Liu Zhao to talk to me."

It's very difficult to be a close soldier, and I admire Gu Jiu very much. Unexpectedly, he expected all the reactions of the general in advance, and even the answers were ready.

The soldier bowed and said, "Madame Zhao said that it is not appropriate for his highness to come forward."

Ha ha

Pei Meng responded with a sneer.

He did not deal with Gu Jiu, only heard all kinds of rumors about Gu Jiu. The impression of Gu Jiu is general.

He said to his soldiers, "tell her that general Ben only talks to Liu Zhao. It's no use coming. "

Anyway, after this meal, I will return to Beijing several years later. It's not the other person who is in a hurry.

The personal soldiers did their duty to deliver the message, bowed down to take orders, and rushed out of the wine shop.

Mr. Dou, the military adviser, asked quietly, "the general really can't see Madame Zhao"

Pei Meng laughed and said, "what do you want to do with her? We only have business with her. Business affairs, their own person in charge. General Ben didn't see her. If she is to take words for Liu Zhao, it is not necessary to meet. We Pei family can't cooperate with Liu Zhao, at least not at present. "

Mr. Dou pondered for a moment and said, "I feel that the imperial edict of the emperor's wife may have other implications."

"Hum! Whatever she means, I don't care

"Amitabha

With a Buddha's name, the hopeless master entered this small wine shop.

The boss Li Sheng looked around and wisely drove all the sophomores to the backyard. He went to the kitchen himself.

In the lobby of the restaurant, there are only a group of military ruffians, plus a group of hopeless masters with the demeanor of eminent monks.

Pei Meng saw no hope and sneered, "it's hard to see the master here. How are you, master

"The general is as good as ever

Pei Meng played with the dagger and glanced contemptuously at him. "For whom is the master coming? Or for your Buddha. "

"Amitabha, I just send something to the general."

"What?"

Hopeless hand in my arms.

In the lobby, weapons ring.

Just a look, it will make hopeless blood splash on the spot.

No hope, no move.

Pei Meng waved his hand, indicating that the soldiers should not be so nervous. No hope, no courage to assassinate.

There is no hope to take out a document from my arms.

"Someone asked the monk to give the document to the general for a look."

Pei Meng Yang raised his chin and took over the receipt and put it in front of him.

On the documents, there are all kinds of goods, and the quantity is large and the value is not low.

Pei Meng sneered, "show this to general Ben, do you want to bribe general Ben?"

"The general thinks too much. This is the list of goods, with a total value of 500000 taels. If they are successfully delivered to Xiliang capital, the value will be as high as 3 million taels. "

Boom!

Three million taels!

What is the concept?

The relatives and soldiers were shocked by the three million taels of hopeless mouth.

Peimeng narrowed his eyes, picked up the cargo list and looked carefully.

Ivory products, silk and satin, tea, brown sugar, white sugar, porcelain, jade, lacquerware, bronze, gold, jewelry of various colors, exquisite cashmere products, wool products, all kinds of books, as well as all kinds of iron ware that the grassland is extremely short of

Any object transported to Xiliang King City will be looted.

The only thing to worry about is that you can earn money but you can't spend it.

Pei Meng's face was serious. He waved his hand, and all his soldiers stood up, surrounded the whole restaurant, and no one was allowed to enter.

When the merchants and pedestrians passing by, when they see this situation, they dare not get close to it. They are afraid that they will escape too slowly and become a ghost under the knife.

Pei Meng put the list of goods on the table. "Did Madame Zhao ask you to come?"

"Exactly No hope, no humbleness, no arrogance.

"She asked you to send this list. What do you mean?"

"Hopeless, compassionate," Madame wants to talk about a deal with the general to help the general in the western expedition. "Pei Meng looked at Dou Jun Shi quietly.

Dou Junshi nodded slightly.

Pei Meng asked, "where are all the imperial edicts?"

"Five mile Pavilion ahead."

Pei Meng laughed, "aren't you running errands for Liu Zhao? When did he become the pawn of Madame Zhao again? "

Hopeless indifference smile, "thank you for your concern. I am willing to drive for the imperial concubine."

Pei Meng hehe smile, "lead the way!"

Hopelessly, he turned away from the restaurant and rode away at a gallop.

Pei Meng takes his own soldier, Dou Junshi, and follows.

Wuliting has been cleaned up for a long time.

Green bamboo is boiling water and cooking tea in a small red mud stove.

Wang Yi sneaked down a few stumbling blocks.

Xu Yousi stands at the intersection, looking in the direction of the restaurant.

Gu Jiu was reading a book for recreation.

Yu Ge'er is accompanied by Gu Jiu, sitting obediently, with a serious face, like a small adult.

Gu Jiuchong laughed and said, "I'm going to see general Pei. Are you nervous?"

Yu Ge'er nodded and shook his head.

"My mother is here, and my son is not nervous."

Gu Jiu touched his head, "it's normal to be nervous. He is a soldier, or a soldier who has made great achievements in the war and killed people like hell. With the spirit of the sky, ordinary people feel afraid when they look from afar. You're so young, you're afraid, you're nervous, it's normal, you don't have to feel ashamed. "

"When my son grows up, he will not be afraid."

"It's not good just to be long, but also to have a long brain and exercise. When you have enough confidence to face anyone, you don't have to be afraid. "

Yu Ge'er raised his head, "what is confidence?"

"It's how many chips you have." Gu Jiu explained simply.

Yu Ge'er seems to understand.

In the distance, the ground vibrates and the dust flies.

Soon, people came to him and raised dust all over the sky.

Fortunately, the pavilion is a little far from the official road, and the dust has not floated over.

Pei Meng dismounted, dressed in half armour, with a sword on his waist, strode towards the pavilion.

"General Pei, nice to meet you!"

Gu Jiu stood up and took the initiative to meet.

Pei Meng smile, look wantonly at Gu Jiu, "you are the imperial concubine?"

"General Pei can't remember. I remember that we met only once when Gu was married."

"At that time, I didn't pay close attention to it."

Gu Jiu greets Pei Meng to take his seat.

Green bamboo offers tea.

"General Pei has tea."

"Tea can be drunk at any time, madam. Let's talk about your purpose directly. My time is limited and I can't waste it on unnecessary food and drink. "

Gu Jiu whispered a smile, "Pei general is straightforward."

She clapped her hands. Green bamboo took out a package wrapped in oil paper from the basket and put it on the stone table. It looked like food.

Then she motioned for Peimeng to open it himself.

Pei Meng full of doubts, open the oil paper package, inside is cut into small pieces of meat.

"Is this?"

Gu Jiu said softly, "this is beef jerky. In recent years, the cattle and sheep captured by the northwest army on the grassland were basically purchased by our Sihai commercial bank through the Shaofu. The purchase price is about 4 liang silver for an adult cow, which is very fair.

Beef jerky is made from the grassland cattle you seized, which can be stored for a long time. Beef jerky packaged like this can be stored for half a year in a humid and rainy place. In dry and rainless places, it is not a problem to keep them for one or two years.

We have also adjusted the production process and made beef jerky with various flavors. There are five flavors, spicy flavor, spicy flavor, sweet taste and salty taste, so as to ensure that it can satisfy people with any taste. General Pei, would you like to have a taste of it, so that your own soldiers can also taste it? "

Suspiciously, Pei Meng took a piece of beef jerky and put it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly.

He ate five flavors, which was really good and chewy.

He tasted other flavors and found that he could accept five flavors, spicy and salty. I don't like spicy and sweet.

He threw the rest of the beef jerky to the soldiers and let them taste it.

Gu Jiu laughed, "beef jerky is easy to preserve, tastes good and easy to be full. It can be used as dry food, suitable for long-distance March, and also suitable for long-term traveling merchants. "

"You want to sell jerky to the northwest army?" Asked pemont.

Gu Jiu shook his head, "I just said, an adult grassland cattle, our purchase price is four Liang silver. Cowhide can be used to make leather boots, knapsack, leather armor, bone can be ground into powder, mixed with food, beef tendon, beef offal and top-grade beef can be sold to restaurants.

The rest of the beef, made into beef jerky, sold all over the world. General Pei, guess, how much money can you get from an adult cow after processing

Pei Meng vaguely caught the truth."How much money?" he asked, pretending not to know

"In the territory of Dazhou, about 18 liang of silver was obtained. If beef jerky and cattle hide products are sold in Xiliang, you can get about 32 taels of silver. "

"40 Liang acquisition, but can sell 32 liang?" Pei Meng frowned.

Gu Jiu laughed. "General Pei might as well think about it again. What will happen when we dump beef jerky into Xiliang in large quantities?"

Buying in 40 Liang and selling in 30 Liang will soon empty the pockets of herdsmen in Xiliang.

Pei Meng is very smart, see through the small beef jerky's strong point at a glance.

Gu Jiu also took out the list of goods, "500000 goods were successfully transported to Xiliang King City. It is conservatively estimated that the value will reach 3 million Liang. What about the items on the list from general Pei's point of view? "

"Excellent!"

Gu Jiu said with a smile: "general Pei said that it was excellent. It must be very good. If the goods were transported to the King City of Xiliang, there would be no accident, which would certainly cause the plunder of the rich nobles in Xiliang. Those women, men, will be fascinated by our goods.

We only accept gold and silver trading, or exchange for cattle, sheep and horses. In order to exchange for exquisite porcelain, silk, tea and other goods, the rich aristocrats in Xiliang would pottery out their gold and silver hidden in the cellar one after another. If there was not enough gold and silver, they would trade cattle, sheep and horses from the ranch.

In order to meet the needs of noble women in Xiliang, we ensure that a batch of goods with a value of no less than 3 million taels are delivered to Xiliang King City within three to four months. General Pei guessed, how long can this kind of transaction empty the gold and silver of Xiliang city? Empty the cattle, sheep and horses from the pasture

When Xiliang was in financial deficit and the economy went bankrupt, the nobles would double squeeze the herdsmen in order to maintain a luxurious life.

This will create a vicious circle.

If there is no external blood transfusion, Xiliang is not far from the end. The whole country will be dragged down by economic bankruptcy.

The king of Xiliang could not afford a decent army.

A country without an army is a piece of fat that everyone can rush up and bite.

Pei Meng has thoroughly understood Gu Jiu's intention, "it's a good idea to empty Xiliang's gold and silver with exquisite goods, but it's not realistic. There are also smart people in Xiliang. Not everyone is a fool. "

Gu Jiu nodded, then said with a smile: "at any time, smart people are in the minority. Even if the wise people in Xiliang see through our purpose at one glance, what can we do? Can he stop the noble and rich families in Xiliang from pursuing and liking exquisite porcelain and silk?

When the nobles of Xiliang were used to the luxurious and exquisite life, they were told to tighten their belts and not to buy the goods of Dazhou. Did general Pei have the courage to understand the king of Xiliang? "

Pei Meng hesitated.

Mr. Dou, a military adviser on one side, asked, "Madam Zhao, are you sure that you can empty the gold and silver of Xiliang and let Xiliang fall into civil strife?"

"I'm not sure, so I need Mr. Dou to advise me."

"I didn't expect that Madame Zhao knew me."

"Mr. Dou is laughing. Who can not know Mr. Dou, who is famous around Lu Hou

Mr. Dou stroked his beard and looked at Pei Meng.

On this occasion, he can't say much.

Pei Meng laughed. "Madame Zhao's idea is very good. What do you need general ben to do? "

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