Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 60 Cooperation Hu Family Village

When the two returned to Zhuangzi, Hu Cheng was waiting in the courtyard. Seeing Sanniang and Chai Lin coming back on horseback, Hu Cheng said, "Sanniang, you are messing around again. The owner of Chai Zhuang is a guest from afar. Why did you get up so early to take him with you?" Go out and ride."

San Niang said: "It's not my fault, he got up early to fight, and he wants to go out for a walk when he sees me go out riding."

Chai Lin said, "Master Hu, good morning."

"Master Chai, good morning, we two shouldn't be so polite, you can call me Brother Cheng. My family calls you Yun Cong, how about it." Hu Cheng said.

"Okay, Brother Cheng."

Hu Cheng was very happy and said, "The soap you gave me to try out last night, I used it to wash my hands, and it works very well. I decided to sell it, but I don't know how to sell it? What's the price?"

Chai Lin said: "The wholesale price of ordinary soap is 120 yuan, and the retail price is [-] yuan. The high-end soap is [-] yuan a box, and the retail price is about [-] yuan. The investment model is one state capital and one family. Since Brother Cheng is interested, he can do it in Dongping. Just open a store in the government to sell, wholesale and retail, and there will be a small income in a year. And this soap is only part of it, there are luxury four-wheeled carriages, hand-pressed wells and other novel products."

Hu Cheng said: "That's nothing to talk about. Yuncong's offer is very generous, so I'll send a caravan today to get a few batches. There just happened to be a batch of sheepskin jackets to be sent to Dezhou, and then Go to Cangzhou to transport the soap back, but I don’t know how many goods I can have?”

Chai Lin smiled and said, "Brother Cheng, don't worry, now only the Cangzhou and Gaotang markets have been developed, and the stocks are sufficient."

"That's good, I'll ship soap from a hundred mules," Hu Cheng said.

A box of 100 yuan soap weighs 200 catties.A mule can easily carry seven boxes of soap, which is more than 700 catties.One head is 7 yuan, and one hundred heads is [-] yuan. Hu Cheng is really generous.

After breakfast, a hundred mules were neatly lined up at the gate of Hujiazhuang. First was a big black mule. This guy was huge, with a shoulder height of at least 1.6 meters and a big red flower on his forehead.

The caravan also has a lot of people, one shopkeeper, twenty assistants, and five professional guards.

Each mule carried a large bag of clothes, wrapped in oilcloth, which was not afraid of rain.

Mules have a huge advantage over horse-drawn carriages. Horse-drawn carriages can be used on official roads, but horse-drawn carriages cannot be used on small roads. It takes about six days for mules to reach such a long distance of five or six hundred miles one way.

Chai Lin praised: "Brother Cheng's cavalry is so spectacular, compared to our Chaijiazhuang, which has just started."

Hu Cheng is also a little proud. Hu's family village was originally mainly engaged in farming. It only started doing business more than ten years ago, and it can be regarded as a small achievement until now.

Hu Cheng said happily: "There are six caravans in the village, with [-] mules. If there are many tasks, the farmers in the village can join them at any time. After all, it is much better to run the goods once than to grow crops."

"Get up." With a long shout from the team leader, the mule team started to move forward.

Hu Cheng and others watched it off for a long time before returning.

Chai Lin took a sheepskin jacket from Hujiazhuang, and saw that the workmanship was very delicate.The outside is a layer of black cloth, and the inside is neat sheepskin. The style is also more beautiful, and it looks like it was made by a skilled tailor.

"The workmanship is exquisite, and it can keep soldiers warm. I will order more than 1000 pieces next year." Chailin sighed.

When Hu Cheng heard that Chai Lin would order cotton jackets next year, he was very happy and said, "I am very particular about these sheepskin cotton jackets. I use goatskin slaughtered in autumn and have been processed through more than a dozen processes. Soaked and softened, no lice, very warm to wear. I don’t know how many sets of sheepskin jackets Yun Cong plans to order.”

Chai Lin smiled and said, "How many soldiers can I have? Fifteen hundred sets are enough."

Hu Cheng was very happy. In the future, he would start a business, except for the things used in the cotton-padded jacket barracks.

Chai Lin said: "Brother Cheng's business is mainly in the city, why didn't he go out in the village?"

Hu Cheng sighed: "Troubleshooting, my family's business has shops in Dongping Mansion and Tokyo City, and the center of gravity is in Dongping Mansion. But recently there have been bandits. A big monk came nearby and entrenched in Heixiong Mountain. I don't know how many people there are." The soldiers and horses in Yanggu County led the army to encircle and suppress them, and they all died in the first battle. Now no one in the county dares to come. When the soldiers and horses from Dongping Mansion came, these people hid in the mountains, and once the soldiers and horses left, they never came out. As usual, I was worried about the safety of the village, so I came back."

Chai Lin said: "How can you delay things because of this little bandit? Do you know the way to Heixiong Mountain?"

"Of course, Zhuang Ding has gone to reconnaissance several times. It is less than [-] miles north from here, and there is only one dangerous mountain." Hu Cheng pointed to the north and said.

Chai Lin said: "Please send a Zhuang Ding to lead the way. The two of us will go to investigate. If there are not many of them, we will kill him today, so as not to harm the people."

"This, this, it's not very good, the great monk is very fierce." Hu Cheng said worriedly.

"There are at least [-] to [-] people in the neighborhood, and bandits are nothing to be afraid of, but there is no one to take the lead." Chailin said.

Hu Sanniang said: "My girl wanted to kill them a long time ago, but the people in the village are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Let's go, I will follow you to investigate."

Hu Cheng thought for a while, and said: "The bandits are right in front of us, there is no way out, it's okay, you guys go and scout carefully first, and it won't be too late when I come back and I will call thousands of Zhuangmen to exterminate them."

Chai Lin clasped his fists and said, "Brother Cheng, don't worry, let's go see how many people there are."

Chai Lin, Chai Meng, Hu Sanniang, and her maid Chunxiang rode to Heixiong Mountain and stopped at the side of the road several miles away.

During the day, people come and go on this avenue, and it looks relatively peaceful.

In front of Heidongdong sits a mountain, which can be as high as 400 meters. Although it does not look majestic, the ancient wood wolf forest looks a bit imposing.

Chai Lin and Chai Meng got off their horses and made arrangements: "Sanniang, you two are waiting here. If bandits come, just run quickly, don't wait for us."

"Brother Yuncong, don't worry, Sanniang has made a note." Hu Sanniang said.

Chai Lin and Chai Meng just observed that there is a winding road going up the Black Bear Mountain.

The two entered the woods, performed the technique of divine movement, and quickly circled to the back mountain.The mountain behind Heixiong Mountain is steep, and near the top of the mountain is a steep bluestone cliff, which can be more than ten meters high.If Chailin used to throw a rope and climb up, there was no need for it now. The two of them lightly grabbed the brambles and shrubs on the rock wall, and they went up with a whoosh, and landed gently on the top of the mountain.

No one was defending, obviously these bandits were very careless.

The two walked forward cautiously for more than 200 meters, and saw a temple, which was built in unknown age, and was abandoned.There was the sound of drinking orders from the temple, and Chailin cautiously moved in from the top of the wall, and saw dozens of bandits setting up a bonfire in the yard, drinking and ordering.

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