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"This marriage hasn't been settled yet, right?" Fang Tianlin couldn't make up his mind for a moment. Originally, his nephew's marriage had nothing to do with him. Now that his elder brother and sister-in-law came to ask his opinion due to special circumstances, he naturally had to think carefully.

Shen Jiahe shook his head: "No."

"Then press it back first, and I will think about it carefully to see if there is any way to get the best of both worlds."

"Sure, I'll talk to my elder brother later. Song'er is not very old, so he can wait, take your time." Shen Jiahe was really not in a hurry.Shen Song is a big guy, and he is also from the Shen family. He will only be crowned next year, so he can afford it.Shen Mei's girl's family is different, and there is no delay. Besides, the Shen family's rules are not strict, and there is no such taboo that the older brother is not married, but the lower sisters cannot get married. If Song'er's marriage fails this year, it will not delay Mei children get married.

Fang Tianlin has been with the Shen family for several years, and he knows everyone's temperament like the back of his hand, and they are not far from each other.He can be sure that with the character of his sister-in-law, it is not necessary to marry his eldest nephew, and there is no need for it. The Shen family is regarded as a newly rising power in Linshan County, but anyone with eyes will probably not underestimate them.

Now that they knew this, they also took a fancy to the eldest girl of the Yuan family. Presumably, the eldest brothers and sisters-in-law should be very satisfied with this girl. Of course, there are also some ideas to help them.Marry who is not married?If you are a good person, you can also bring additional benefits. Although marrying Miss Yuan is a lot of trouble, at least you can't bring the new bride into the barren valley in the short term. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, so why not do it?

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many things in the barren valley that people couldn't see for the time being, Fang Tianlin would never have interfered with the Shen family's wedding.

Since the eldest brother and sister-in-law are so considerate of them, Fang Tianlin can't be perfunctory at will.After thinking about it carefully, he felt that some things that did not involve confidentiality could be known to his eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, so that the young couple would not sit and talk to each other without saying a word. If this was the case, the marriage would be too embarrassing.

After making a decision, Fang Tianlin put aside these things, and the time to discuss marriage can be dragged on for a long time, so there is no rush.

As soon as General Guan returned to the temporary camp, he immediately called his subordinates to discuss matters.After everyone was seated, he immediately showed all the non-confidential items to everyone present.The amount of money and items they brought with them this time is limited. How to use these money and items to buy as many materials as possible is the purpose of their meeting.

Speaking of this, General Guan's expression turned pale.Their trip was only to explore the road, so they didn't bring much goods. If the sales volume was good, the newly opened business road could be used by them. This would somewhat relieve the shortage of funds for the Zhenning Pass garrison.

You must know that the army has always been a big eater of money. There are too many procedures to go through to apply for approval of food and military salaries from the court. how much.You have to count on this, the troops guarding various places may starve to death soon, especially in the southwestern border areas like Zhenning Pass, which is thousands of miles away from the royal city, no general defending the army will foolishly wait for food and money from the top .If there is such a confused person, I am afraid that it will not be long before he will automatically apply for transfer, or be run away by his colleagues and subordinates.

"General, I suggest that you send someone to inquire about the price of the goods first, so that you will not be easily deceived when you discuss business with those profiteers."

"That's a good suggestion, so let's do this. Pick a few clever scouts and sentries to visit Linshan County. If you can understand the local dialect, it doesn't matter if you can't speak it. Just watch more and listen less. By the way, Take off the armor and the like, try not to let people see that they are our people." General Guan just gave the order, and the messenger soldier hadn't left yet, he thought of something, immediately overturned the previous plan, and changed his words. "Wait a minute, you go and let them get ready. You don't need to avoid people's eyes and ears. I will tell Master Fang later and ask him to send someone to accompany us. We will enter the city openly."

"Yes, General." The messenger soldier was ordered to leave the camp.

"General, isn't it good for us soldiers to do business so recklessly?" One of the low-ranking officers said hesitantly.

"It doesn't matter, Wangcheng is busy suppressing the rebellion in the central and western regions, and fighting against the northern countries. Our place is so high that the emperor is far away, and they don't care about it at all. What's more, there are not a few officers and soldiers in the fish and meat villages in other places. We are just doing business. , what can the imperial court do to us?" General Guan didn't care at all.Not to mention now, even in the past, General Su and the others also had money to make a living. Otherwise, relying on the little food and salaries allocated by the imperial court, the guards of Zhenning Pass would have been strong from outsiders but from insiders.

After Fang Tianlin learned of this, he immediately sent several guards as guides, and asked them to take the military master into the city to inspect the market.General Guan was very tight-lipped this time, and if he hadn't mentioned it, Fang Tianlin would never have thought that the food transport team still contained goods for trading.

"Master Fang, Master Shen, how do you two look at this?" General Guan asked in a good mood as he led the man to the goods.

Shen Jiahe went forward and did a rough search. The most abundant ones were seafood, and the rest were also local specialties. The total amount was small, but the value was not low. I thought that if the wealthy households in Linshan County couldn’t afford it, the Shen family could. Round.

Seeing that Shen Jiahe was quite interested in these goods, General Guan immediately said with a smile: "Master Shen, if you want to buy, I'll give you the best price, and we'll just earn some travel expenses. You can choose all of these."

Of course Shen Jiahe knew why General Guan was so talkative, the troops he belonged to had just received great benefits from the Shen family, and now they are just striking while the iron is hot and reciprocating courtesies.

Knowing this, Shen Jiahe also accepted his love, and immediately ordered the steward to send someone to pick out the goods, without paying money on the spot, and after finishing the accounts, he took a bunch of uncommon items from Linshan County back to Xinghuo Village.

After Fang Tianlin and his party left, everyone returned to the camp.

"General Guan, what is the background of this Shen family? They are really not polite at all, they bought nearly half of the goods at a low price, and lost so much money all of a sudden, can we still complete the task assigned by General Su?"

General Guan naturally understood the meaning of the person who asked the question, and smiled to reassure everyone present: "Don't worry, General Su will not blame us for this."

With compressed military rations in hand, especially No. [-] and No. [-], not to mention convicts, I'm afraid they might even get rewards.General Guan knew that the people who came with him on this errand had a lot of resentment in their hearts. Other soldiers could go to battle to kill the enemy and earn meritorious service, but they were sent to escort the army rations. If not for many of these people were from Su The old man is directly under the army, has strict discipline, and is loyal to the old man, so he may have been dissatisfied for a long time.

General Guan glanced around for a week. I'm afraid most of you here don't know that Mr. Su actually attaches great importance to the food provided by the Shen family.The ones pulled over last time, except for some generals at all levels, the rest can be used in elite units such as the cavalry, and the effect is obvious to all.People who eat the Shen family's food for a long time will have better health and more energy. It may not be comparable to the No. [-] and No. [-] compressed military rations, but it is high-quality and cheap, and the price-performance ratio is extremely high.Otherwise, how could they hold back and enter Linshan County not long after the summer harvest, just to buy grain for the Shen family?

In Shen's work, General Guan and the others sold out all the goods they brought over at a good price without much trouble, and even the soldiers sent out to inquire about the price of the goods were not used. work.

The food grown here in Xinghuo Village is only three generations at most, and the better ones are all grown in barren valleys.Fang Tianlin sent people to Huanggu to transport some grain from the fourth and fifth generations. In addition, he also sold some good seeds to the guards of Zhenning Pass.

General Guan looked at the warehouses of grain that had been put away by category, feeling a little greedy.This is not an ordinary food. Even the lowest generation of food is good for the body if consumed all year round, but the effect is not as good. It can only make the body slightly healthier and reduce the chance of getting sick.But this is enough. In this era of lack of medical care and medicine, reducing the chance of getting sick is equivalent to improving the survival rate, and the importance is self-evident.

It's a pity that if he wants to, he can only watch. He has no money in his hand, and all the money and items are replaced by various materials, most of which are food, and others such as soap are just a little bit of meaning.

Seeing that the matter was over, General Guan didn't stay any longer. He turned his head and glanced regretfully at Xinghuo Village, and then led his men towards Zhenning Pass, accompanied by a caravan formed by the Shen family's guards, artisans, and Shen family's business partners.

After sending off General Guan and his party, Fang Tianlin also took action and quickly formed a second caravan, targeting two neighboring counties.Now the large group of bandits at the junction of the three counties no longer exists. Under the regular raids by the soldiers led by the patrol inspectors in the three counties, the life of small groups of bandits is not easy. They either move to other places, or are recruited by the government, and the people in the three counties travel All of a sudden much safer.

Even so, Fang Tianlin did not take it lightly. The number of guards sent to protect the caravan was not small at all. With the addition of various nursing homes, the caravan's protection power should not be underestimated.

It's not that Fang Tianlin is making too much fuss, but that the value of the goods carried by their caravan is not low, and they are carefully sailing for ten thousand years. As long as the merchants in Shilin County and Wangshan County can taste the sweetness, they will no longer have to send caravans abroad. Merchants in several counties will take the initiative to come to the door.

Money touches people's hearts. Similarly, the commercial road from Linshan County to Yanzhou City has now been opened. After the Shen family's goods become famous along the way, caravans will come here, and there is no need for them to send caravans around to sell goods.

After Fang Tianlin decided to cooperate with local businesses in Linshan County, he upheld one principle, that is, everyone earns money.Only relying on the Shen family and the merchants in Linshan County, it is impossible to sell the goods to all parts of the country, but if a part of the profit is shared, the goods will be sold step by step, although the final price of the goods will be high, the farther away from Linshan County The worse the local sales, the total sales will be very impressive.The Shen family and its partners are effortless, as long as they sit and wait at home, they can count the money until they are soft.