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Chapter 55
Zhangjiakou
The Fan family, whose ancestral home was in the Jin Dynasty, was the head of the eight imperial merchants. Fan Yongdou was in a good mood today, so he hosted a banquet at the Fan family and invited the other seven imperial merchants to the banquet.
After receiving Fan Yongdou's invitation, seven profiteers, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dengku, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, rushed to Fan's residence on time.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of Fan's residence, they saw Fan Yongdou standing at the gate to welcome them with a smile on his face.
"Welcome seven brothers to Fan's house, hurry up, please come inside."
"Oh, Brother Fan, why did you come out to meet him in person? Brothers know the way by themselves, so don't bother you, haha..." The first...
When these businessmen met, they were all very affectionate, as if they saw each other's own fathers.
Guided by Fan Yongdou himself, the eight of them entered the VIP room of Fan Mansion together. After the guests and hosts were seated, Fan Yongdou ordered the dishes to be served.
A table of sumptuous food and wine quickly filled the big round table, with almost all kinds of dishes, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running on the ground...
Rich people are self-willed. Fan Yongdou's table of wine and food today is definitely no worse than what the emperor eats. Of course, it refers to the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty in its heyday.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't have such a good fortune. He really lived a simple life. He even had several patches on his dragon robe, so he was not willing to waste money on food and drink.
The food and drink were served, and Fan Yongdou called eight maids from Xiuchun Tower to serve them in a feast of wine and wine, and they did not shy away from talking.
Now Daming is almost equivalent to perish in their eyes, they don't care about the imperial court at all, they have the backing of the Donghuo behind them, and they have money in their hands.
The local government and the garrison were all bought by them, and they never interfered with their business and life. The eight imperial merchants have become the kings of this land.
Opening his mouth to take a sip of the fine wine brought to him by the maid, Wang Dengku asked about their caravan:
"Brother Fan, we don't know where our caravan has gone, and there must be no accidents with this batch of goods, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the Prince Regent.
"Brother Wang, what are you thinking? This channel has been opened up by us long ago. Even if we don't need a single soldier, no one will dare to attack our eight imperial merchants."
"Well, Brother Jin is right. The local garrison will take the initiative to escort our caravan when they see it. There is no need to worry. Even if the red cannon is robbed, it will be difficult for them to take it away."
"When you talk about the red-clothed cannon, I think of Zhang Jianjun's greed. A red-clothed cannon actually asks us for 2000 taels of silver. How cruel."
A few people chatted with each other while flirting with the maid, and felt extremely proud and proud of the dirty things they did.
You must know that reselling military supplies will be decapitated, but they don't care at all.
Because Daming is in danger of protecting himself at this time, they don't believe that anyone has the ability to kill their heads.
Fan Yongdou kept smiling at the seven Shanxi merchants. He was in a good mood today. If the regent Dorgon received the goods, he would definitely not treat them badly.
Huang Taiji had promised them before his death that once the Dongyao established a court, he would award them the eight major Shanxi merchants as imperial merchants.
"Brother Fan, you have invited some of you to come over today. There should be something to discuss. Is it the regent prince who has made a timetable for the entry of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers?"
Wang Dengku couldn't help being curious, and before Fan Yongdou could speak, he took the initiative to ask.
The other six people also stopped fighting with the maid, and all focused their eyes on Fan Yongdou.
"Brother Fan, tell me quickly, we have been waiting for the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners to enter the customs for a long time, is there any definite news?"
Fan Yongdou nodded with a smile, then shook his head:
"Brothers, the exact time for the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners to enter the customs has not yet been determined, but it should be soon, probably in the near future.
"You all know that fighting a war requires money and food, as well as related information, that is, specific military deployments.
Not only must we ensure that the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers have enough food and clothing, but we must also accurately inform the Prince Regent of the weakest position and location of the Ming military.
The first batch of supplies has been delivered, and I believe that the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers will soon be able to wear the clothes and eat the food we provided.
You all know that the weather in Liaodong is freezing, and the grain harvest is almost complete, and the animal husbandry is the mainstay outside the customs.
Therefore, we need to provide most of the supplies for the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers. This is also an opportunity for our Eight Great Imperial Merchants. "
Fan Yongdou's traitorous remarks immediately made Wang Dengku and others stand up excitedly, as if they heard that their own father was coming.
"Okay, Brother Fan, don't worry, we will fully support the Prince Regent and the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners entering the customs.
Just imagine, once the Eight Banners Celestial Soldiers enter the customs to overthrow the Ming regime, what will our Eight Great Imperial Merchants be treated, the founding fathers, hahaha..."
"That's right, we've already obtained the deployment and defense blueprints from the garrison, and they cost us 500 taels of silver."
"The officials and the garrison here have all been bribed, and now we just wait for the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers to enter, hahaha..."
When the eight traitors and profiteers heard the news that Dongyao was about to enter the customs, they were all happy and ugly.
As the representative of the eight major profiteers, Fan Yongdou was even more excited. He stood up, raised his glass and said loudly:
"Come on, let's toast to the early entry of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers."
"Cheers, I also wish our Eight Great Imperial Merchants to be promoted step by step, and monopolize all profitable businesses by then..."
The other seven people also toasted at the same time. They, a group of traitors, were actually celebrating the entry of the Eastern captives in advance.
"Whoa..."
"Oh, I'm burnt to death..."
"Who did it, we're going to kill people..."
Before the wine glasses of these eight traitors touched together, suddenly a soup basin flew over, and the hot soup was spilled on their bodies and faces.
The hot traitors screamed loudly, before they had time to wipe off the soup on their faces, suddenly the dining table was overturned again, and there was a woman's scolding voice:
"Damn traitors, you burn, kill, plunder wild boar skins and do bad things. It's too shameful for you to help the evildoers. I, a firework woman, look down on you. Let's touch the nima cup..."
The traitors looked back, only to see a maid glaring at them, it turned out to be Chunhong called by Xiuchun Tower, that is, a kiln sister.
These eight people are usually used to domineering, so happy today, for the convenience of having fun, the bodyguards did not let them in outside the door.
Apart from the eight of them, there were only eight girls from Xiuchunlou in the room. They felt that it should be safe.
The officials of Ming Dynasty were helpless to them, they never thought that a girl who had lost her footing would dare to attack them.
Fan Yongdou was furious, he really couldn't afford to lose this face, he stepped forward and grabbed Chunhong's neck:
"Smelly woman, you think you are patriotic, but today I will crush you to death..."
"Dog, don't touch me, I'm disgusting, my body smells of copper and wild boar skin."
Chunhong screamed and fought with Fan Yongdou desperately, but Fan Yongdou was not an ordinary businessman.