When Hua Mulan Met Zhu Yingtai

The surprise didn't last long. After all, except for Hua Mulan, who was an insider, they were all top-ranking figures in the major merchant clans. Those who were old in business were all the best of the best, even if they didn't respond for a while. Come over to the key point, but the time will never last too long.

Hua Mulan noticed that the eyes of the several leading stewards had changed when they looked at her. They should have listed her as a key object of observation in the future, and decided whether to invest in themselves after a long period of observation.

Hua Mulan just pretended not to see her, her face remained unchanged, but she was laughing endlessly in her heart: These old guys really don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.But it doesn't matter, Hua Mulan didn't expect to find a partner so soon, she had to discuss with Join the Army and choose carefully after a while.

Putting these little things behind her, Hua Mulan saw the changes in everyone's expressions with satisfaction.It was in line with her expectations, which meant that the matter was half done.

This idea was taught to her by Zhu Yingtai, and it was born out of things in Zhu's family.

After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the soldiers brought disasters to the Central Plains, and a large number of refugees from the north flooded into the south, bringing advanced technology and culture, entrusting them to hide under the southern clans, in exchange for some land and means of production.And these means of production are rented or mortgaged, so that the manor owners can use the means of production that are almost insignificant to them to bind the labor force, and then transform them into their own shade households.

The same is true for Hua Mulan's iron money circulation.

Now she is the only general in Moxi who has opened up the soil and built a mansion. Yanxi City is the only cargo transit place, a completely virgin land.And since Empress Xiaosu invented a technology called stamping, the cost of making and casting iron coins has been greatly reduced, so low that she, a poor and clanging Zhonglang general at this time, can rush to make a large number of them.

So if you don't seize the market at this time, when will you seize the market?

People have inertia, once the habit of using iron money and trading in Yanxi City is formed, it is difficult to change within a short period of time.The use of different money systems is Zhu Yingtai's plan to artificially draw a circle for Hua Mulan to extend the time as much as possible.Even if a new city appears nearby to pick peaches in the future, everything is better than Yanxi City, and the herdsmen who still have iron money at home will choose to spend their iron money in Yanxi City first.

Hua Mulan was not worried that those Hu people would collect iron money in large quantities to make ironware. Firstly, they only lived by selling cattle and sheep when they grew up on horseback. They didn't even fully master the iron smelting technology, let alone separate The different metals in the iron coins were used to melt and cast ironware.

Secondly, this method is not cost-effective at all. With this spare time and financial resources, they can already invite those crazy people who want money and life to smuggle iron for them from the desert.Unless there is war, no one will be so reckless.The right to mint coins is completely in Hua Mulan's hands. Once a war starts, she can immediately tighten the noose around their necks, and let them know what it means to have money but not buy it back.

Finance is always the easiest thing to squeeze.

Hua Mulan, who was cast aside by the court and now regarded as an abandoned son, no longer believes in justice and freedom, and the court has clear rewards and punishments.She has already understood a truth, in troubled times, the only way to go is with a knife.

Not to harm others is just the most basic principle of dealing with things. The most important thing is to practice your own skills well and not let yourself be bullied by others.

They are all smart people, and there is no need to fight each other. The merchants who understood Hua Mulan's intentions unanimously agreed to Hua Mulan's proposal, and happily finalized the details.

After all, an ambitious General Tuo Bian who is unwilling to be under others is more in line with the interests of both parties.

The seal will be left, written clearly in black and white, and the red seal means that there is a legal constraint.Hua Mulan collected the agreement and waited for the tax collection when the caravan arrived in the near future.

During the period, many managers sent Hua Mulan cooperation intentions on behalf of their masters, but they were all rejected by Hua Mulan.

Because Zhu Yingtai once said to her: "Liu Bei invited Kong Ming to visit the thatched cottage three times. You, a fourth-rank general in the feather forest, guarding the emperor, you can't have such a shallow eyelid. Whenever someone stretches out your hand, you rush up. .Waiting for the price, waiting for the opportunity, you are more than the price estimated by those mediocre people."

For some reason, Hua Mulan always felt that Zhu Yingtai who said these words was the biggest profiteer, and she was full of plans on how to sell her general and lover for the highest price.

Of course, Hua Mulan was just thinking about these words in her heart, after all, she still needed legs and didn't want to donate them to others.

As a general, Hua Mulan couldn't talk more with merchants, it would damage her status.So she directly handed over all the follow-up work to the newly recruited staff, took the opportunity to test their quality in order to decide who would go and who would stay, and then walked into Zhu Yingtai's room by herself.

Zhu Yingtai was writing at his desk when he caught sight of those familiar military boots. Without raising his head, he just ordered, "I left you fish soup in the inner room. It's still hot to nourish your body. Go and drink it." gone."

The so-called relaxation means throwing away all worldly etiquette and removing all hypocrisy.This is exactly the case for Hua Mulan at the moment, with her armor tilted and two big soft pillows placed on her back, she is leaning back to drink fish soup with a relaxed face.

There is no habit of eating fish in the Northland, because there is no cooking method to remove the fishy smell, no matter how it is cooked, it is very smelly. It is said that there is a big Yellow River carp in the palace banquet, but it is not something ordinary people can eat, so there are many people. Fresh fish is minced and used to feed livestock.After Zhu Yingtai came here, she carried forward the aristocratic style of never getting tired of eating and eating to the extreme, so Hua Mulan was lucky to drink such a mouthful of fish soup.

Unexpectedly, Qin Yuan saw it one day, saying that the fish soup is good for Qi and nourishing the body, and long-term consumption can strengthen the body and make up for the deficiency left by Hua Mulan's previous body.

Now it's all right, a bowl of fish soup every day is unshakable, just covering the gap for Hua Mulan to drink medicine.So now even the Huotou army knows that adults who join the army need a fish every day, so there is no need for Zhu Yingtai to spend money to hire someone to catch it. The Huotou army will send a fish to Zhu Yingtai every day, and a stove will be vacated For Zhu Yingtai.

Fortunately, people in the army are illiterate, and they don't know how to gossip about a gentleman far away from the kitchen. Even Hua Mulan's newly recruited aides were subdued by Zhu Yingtai, and they kept their mouths shut knowingly and understandingly. Tie Yan didn't say a word of nonsense.

In Yanxi, a place where Han and Hu live together, where it is very easy to get rich overnight, there are many blood-licking bandits and aides who make things happen because of people. Mulan has also initially gathered her own staff team. Although it is not as luxurious as the think tanks of the aristocratic family, it is not so shabby that she is alone.

So she can happily sneak out to drink fish soup today, and relax her exhausted mind.

No matter how good the food is, she will get bored after drinking it for three months in a row. Hua Mulan just thinks that drinking fish soup will give her an excuse to get in touch with Xiao Junjun unscrupulously during the day, otherwise she would not be so willing.

Anyway, it's better than taking medicine.Hua Mulan, whose appetite was raised more and more by Zhu Yingtai, closed her eyes and raised her neck, then picked up the bowl and poured it into her mouth.

"Ahem..." A violent cough barely choked her to death. At this time, Zhu Yingtai had just finished dealing with the matter and turned in from the front of the hall.

"I'm already the leader of the first army who is about to win the championship. Why are you still so frizzy?" The two had reached the level of familiarity and informality, and Zhu Yingtai also stripped away her admiration for Hua Mulan. With a look of disgust, he threw the handkerchief to Hua Mulan's hand.

Hua Mulan took the handkerchief and wiped her face casually: "It's so spicy, Yingtai, what did you add to it, Yingtai?"

Zhu Yingtai stepped forward to pat the choking Hua Mulan on the back, and replied: "Zhuyu, Master Qin said that this taste is spicy and can drive away the cold and wind. Added a little bit in."

A thin layer of sweat had already appeared on Hua Mulan's forehead, she let out a long breath and said, "It's so refreshing."

"Drink more if you like it. Master Qin said that your body is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. You can't take the medicine of tiger and wolf tonic. It's good to eat more."

The newly added seasoning whetted Hua Mulan's appetite. She tried her best to wipe out the food in front of her, and suddenly took out a greased paper bag from her bosom, opened it carefully and said happily, "It's okay, it's not crushed. Yingtai, This is the pastry I entrusted them to bring back from the South. You can try it and see if it suits your taste. If you like it, I will ask them to bring some back next time. By the way, is there anything else you need? Except that people can’t bring it over, other things are for them There should be a way to bring them back."

"Don't cry, don't cry. I'll definitely take you home and have a look, okay?" In front of Zhu Yingtai's tears, Hua Mulan couldn't care less about her own food, and carefully moved Zhu Yingtai to the table. Yingtai hugged her in her arms, coaxing her warmly.

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