In a wing room in the Leopard Room, Zang Xian told Zhang Yuan in detail what he knew about Qian Ning's way of asking the emperor to invite favor.

"... Lord Qian arranged a large number of people among the people, some of which were people in the martial arts world he bought and killed without blinking, but the most powerful one was the group of people he brought back from Liaodong..."

"...He wants to find women, and he relies on these people. He first inquire everywhere, and after he locks the target, he comes to ask for it directly, and threatens and temptations. If the other party refuses to submit, he can do all the things of killing and setting fire."

"There is also the government's presence. Originally, after receiving reports from local gentry, the prefectures and counties would send yamen runners to protect them. But I heard that they were from the Jinyiwei, especially Qian Ning, the favorite minister in front of His Majesty, could only retreat. Some local officials would even take the initiative to come to persuade them. In order to protect their family business, those gentry could only submit and send the women out..."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan was a little annoyed: "No wonder that hateful guy can hand over people within His Majesty's deadline every time, and the women who contributed were all very good-looking and elegant. It turned out that he used this despicable and shameless method."

"You can do it too."

Zang Xian looked expectant, "Eunuch Zhang's status in the court is not higher than Lord Qian? As long as Eunuch Zhang speaks, more people will definitely hand over to send the woman."

Zhang Yuan frowned and looked at Zang Xian, sighed and said, "But we don't have so many desperate people in our hands to do things."

Zang Xian smiled flatteringly and said, "Although the villain has no ability to find out the desperate, it is still okay to find some people from all walks of life to help Eunuch Zhang do things."

"oh?"

Zhang Yuan was a little surprised and nodded immediately, obviously moved by Zang Xian's "sincerity".

Zang Xian continued: "The villain used to travel around the world and stayed outside the opera troupe for many years. He met many people. These people all hope to do things for the court, so... they all hope to curry favor with you, Eunuch Zhang through the villain."

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he felt very comfortable and thought to himself: "This is really a place to search for something, and it takes no time to get it. I used to want to gather a group of people to help, but the ones I found were all cowards. If this kid had a reliable speaking, maybe he could really find a group of useful helpers for me."

Zhang Yuan asked calmly: "How many people can you find? What conditions are needed?"

Zang Xian said: "There are as many as you want, people from all walks of life, and even those who are in the Green Forest Road. They don't have to worry about food and clothing, but they are worried about not having an official position. If Eunuch Zhang can arrange for them to be a fan of the East Factory, or become a Jinyiwei, or listen to you in front of you, they will never be able to do anything."

Zhang Yuan nodded: "It is not difficult to arrange them to join the Jinyiwei, but they are not working under our company... Let's do this, start with the Dongchang mansion, which happens to be a good friend to our family."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuan thought about it in his mind: "I wanted to hold the East Factory in my hand before, but Liu Jin did this before. Now, letting people like Zhang Yong and Ma Yongcheng take control of the East. Xi'an No. 2 is too dangerous. It's better to ask Zhang Xiong, Zhang Rui and others to assist our family..."

After Zhang Yuan gained power, he also began to pay attention to winning people's hearts and deliberately promoted a group of eunuchs, including the "Three Zhangs" who are rising rapidly in Leopard Room, namely Zhang Xiong, Zhang Rui and Zhang Zhong. The three of them are currently fighting in Leopard Room. Although they are trusted by Zhu Houzhao, they are still far away from the position of the twenty-four supervisors. Zhang Yuan grasped the status of these people being capable, ambitious but not in status, and took the initiative to extend an olive branch, which really attracted the three of them to help him do things.

Zang Xian said: "Since Eunuch Zhang agreed, the villain went to tell those people to bring them over to meet Eunuch Zhang."

"Um."

Although Zhang Yuan agreed, he was still a little suspicious and thought for a while and said, "Don't hurry to bring them to our family first. You can find all the people, let them do things for our family first, and find a group of women to come back... You can act under our family's banner, just treat it as a letter of fame. We should always let our family see their abilities."

Only then did Zang Xian realize that Zhang Yuan was not so easy to fool. Although he was unhappy, he smiled and said with a pity: "This is natural. The villain will send the woman here in a few days."

"By the way, Eunuch Zhang, the villain heard that Lord Qian was staring at a case these days... Heard that Hu merchants came from the Western Regions to criticize them, and they brought beautiful Hu women. Lord Qian wanted to kidnap people to offer them to His Majesty, but these Hu men were very cunning. Knowing that Lord Qian wanted to make money for nothing, so he was careful and guarded. If we could take out a sum of silver to buy the beauty..."

Zhang Yuan muttered: "No wonder Qian Ning has been acting sneakily these days. He wants to get some Hu girls back. It seems that he sees some signs from His Majesty's attitude towards North Korean women."

Zang Xian asked: "Eunuch Zhang, do you think this matter..."

"feasible!"

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "Of course you have to buy it, but you can't spend too much. After all, our family is not a gold mine, so the price must be controlled within a certain range... It is best to send someone to check the situation of Hu Shang first..."

Zang Xian said anxiously: "Eunuch Zhang, if he hesitates, Lord Qian may take the lead... In order to avoid being blackmailed by Lord Qian, those Hu merchants may sell those women to the families of officials in the capital. Lord Qian dare not offend the high-ranking officials in the capital, and it will be troublesome at that time!"

Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Since Hu Shang is doing business, he will naturally not be so stupid that he lets Ningming take the money. When our family knows, we will leave this matter to you... You meet Hu Shang first, or find an opportunity to let them meet with our family. Our family will pay money, and there are definitely many of them, so you just tell them."

When Zang Xian saw that Zhang Yuan was the rooster, he thought to himself: "Those Hu people are not fools, how could they believe your nonsense?" But he quickly responded: "The villain is going now. It is a lifelong honor for the villain to do things for Eunuch Zhang. The villain has fulfilled his mission."

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In Zhang Yuan's view, Zang Xian's surrender was something that would inevitably happen after his power increased, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the general trend.

He felt very proud and felt that he had mastered Qian Ning's trump card, and the next step was to use Zang Xian to recruit women instead of relying on those eunuchs who were slanderous.

After receiving Zhang Yuan's instructions, Zang Xian immediately left the Leopard Room to do business, but because Zhang Yuan just said he wanted to recruit him, he felt a little unsure, and his efficiency was naturally unsatisfactory.

Regarding the matter of Hu, not only Qian Ning and Zang Xian received news, but also people in the capital noticed this matter, such as Zhang Yanling, who was almost in a slump after losing power.

Jianchang Hou Mansion.

Zhang Yanling learned that the Western Regions merchants had beautiful beard women and needed to take action. His eyes were wide open. It was obvious that he had a special liking for exotic women.

"...Second Marquis, the Western Regions' unscrupulous merchants had done business with our Marquis' Mansion. This time, I heard that someone wanted to take them away the goods they brought to the capital. They are now selling them at a low price. I ask if we want them. There are many beautiful Hu girls who are good at singing and dancing... I wonder if the Second Marquis wants to buy them?"

His subordinates did not know the current financial resources of the Jianchang Hou Mansion, so they came to ask Zhang Yanling for instructions to see if the uncle could pay the money.

Zhang Yanling gritted his teeth: "Damn, these Hu girls are simply tailor-made for this marquis. However, the imperial court searched the property of the mansion a few years ago and suffered heavy losses. Now it is a bit difficult to take out a large amount of silver for a while... Tell them, first, and then hand over the person to us."

His subordinates said in embarrassment: "The reason why these Western Regions profiteers shouted very low is to get back funds as soon as possible. So they value cash transactions, or they don't give money, and give them the silk, tea, ceramics and other goods they want. Second Marquis, please see..."

Zhang Yanling said angrily: "What's the solution to have no money? Humph, he actually dared to take Qiao in front of me, and immediately sent someone to seal up the shops of these Hu merchants, and see if they dare to ask for a price everywhere!"

The subordinate smiled bitterly and said, "Second Marquis, these Hu merchants are cunning. They did not bring goods into the city, but just contacted some second-hand dealers to the city to contact each other... You also know that the court is about to use troops on the grassland and explicitly restricts the Hu people from doing business in the Ming Dynasty. These people are at the risk of beheading when they go to the capital, so they act very carefully and hide deeply. We don't have enough manpower and it is difficult to find people."

Zhang Yanling said angrily: "What I mean by listening to you is that I can't find the handle for these people? Then what's the point of telling me about these things?"

"The Hu merchants can't find it, but the second dealers can contact them and negotiate the price with them. Hu will send it here. In addition to Hu, there are spices, peppers, medicinal materials and other Western specialties, which are difficult to buy in the Central Plains. I heard that there are Western things, but no one has seen them. I heard that the second dealers are bragging about it." The subordinate said anxiously.

Zhang Yanling frowned: "Since we can't find people and have no money to buy them, then we don't do business, right? Damn it, it's not the past that no one gave me gifts. How could a few thousand taels of silver be in my eyes? These Hu merchants in the Western Regions are all snobbish and forgot who took care of their business in the past!"

As Zhang Yanling cursed, his subordinates hurriedly stepped back. The next thing they had to do was notify the middlemen that the Jianchang Hou Mansion could not continue this business.

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Shen Xi also knew about the Hu merchants from the Western Regions coming to the capital to do business.

First, Yunliu mentioned this in the routine intelligence notice, and then Peng Yu went to Shen Xi to report... He had contact with these Western Region merchants, or before he defected to Shen Xi, Peng Yu was also one of the middlemen and had a lot of resources on hand.

"...Sir, those Western Region barbarians have a lot of good goods. Should I buy them all at once? It's okay to grab them, but I can't trade them again. It's hard for people from the Ming Dynasty to buy things they like in the Western Regions... This is the case. It's easy to grab them once, but there are many troubles..."

Peng Yu was considered half a businessman before following Shen Xi. For him, the most important thing in business is reputation, so he does not recommend Shen Xi to snatch it with means. After all, these people's goods are far from rich enough to make Shen Xi break the rules.

Shen Xi was reading letters from the south at this time. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look up at Peng Yu and asked: "The court clearly prohibits trade with Hu Bang. Why can they still enter the hinterland of the capital? Someone should be indulging behind it, right?"

Peng Yu said: "This villain doesn't know... The villain has helped them sell things before. Because it is the government's way, they all like to cooperate with villains. If the adults are not interested in the goods in their hands, they can send troops to wipe them out and confiscate all the goods. In this way, they don't know who made the move."

Chen Xi asked, "Do you know where they are hiding?"

"have no idea."

Peng Yu shook his head, "The cunning rabbit has three holes. In order to prevent people from finding their whereabouts, these people will not tell the real residence of Yaren. They will only find hidden places as a place for transactions. If something happens, only a few people will suffer and will not be wiped out... They will not deliver goods before they get the money."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "These people are not very particular about doing business. Why don't they pay the money and deliver the goods in one hand? If you intentionally deceive, won't the victim be even unable to find the person?"

"Isn't it because this is our Ming Dynasty?"

Peng Yu said, "They suffered a lot of losses before, so it is understandable to be cautious. However, these people are very honest in doing business. As long as they give enough money, no one is willing to break the rules. There has never been any trouble before, because they know that once the rules are broken, they will never have hope to go to the capital to do business."

Chen Xi nodded: "What a group of weirdos."

Chen Xi's evaluation of Hu merchants in the Western Regions surprised Peng Yu very much. He just came to talk to Chen Xi about business. Unexpectedly, Chen Xi seemed more interested in this trading model and did not pay much attention to those products.

Peng Yu said: "There are many specialties in the Western Regions, including frankincense, myrrh, saffron and other medicinal materials, as well as tall Dayuan jinn, and various rare gems. It is difficult to see on the market. Some of them are even only found in tributes. As for the Western Regions beauties... Hiss, not only is they outstanding in appearance, but their figure is really smooth. They should be big and small, which makes people... cough, the villain is speechless."

Chen Xi smiled. He knew that the people of the Ming Dynasty had little idea about the Western Regions, and thought that leaving Jiayuguan was the place in the Western Regions. Even Persia and the Ottoman Empire were included in the Western Regions. Persian beauties were good at singing and dancing and were famous all over the world, so the men of the Ming Dynasty were not coveted.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Xi asked, "How is the market?"

"The Hu merchants sell things more expensively. Some things may not be worth much in their place, but they usually cost a few taels or even dozens of taels when transported to the capital. Rhino horns, ivory, etc., I heard that they are all specialties there. As for dancers, it is even more expensive. A dancer with a high-end appearance may cost hundreds or even three or five hundred taels of silver, which is almost as valuable as the price of the famous ladies in the Ministry of Justice's prison."

When Peng Yu talked about this, he carefully observed Chen Xi's reaction.

Peng Yu knew that Chen Xi understood the black market. After all, he met because of doing such a business with Chen Xi, and later he had made more than once transactions with him.

Chen Xi nodded: "If the Western Regions dancer is so outstanding, I'm afraid someone will have a bad idea."

Peng Yu said: "The villain heard that someone in the Leopard Room had ideas about these Western Region beauties, and seemed to be trying to rob them openly. So the Hu Shang wanted to take the goods in his hands as soon as possible so that he could leave the capital. This was a place of failure. If it was appropriate, the price might be half lower than before."

Chen Xi asked, "How many Hu Shangs do you know?"

Peng Yu thought for a while and shook his head and said, "I don't know much, but because the villain has been promoted recently, his connections in the capital have become wider. This time, there are more and more people who are looking for villains to do business. They don't know that behind the villain is you, you, otherwise you will definitely be afraid. The villain also heard that these things that Hu merchants have strange and lewd skills created by Westerners. The villain thinks... it may be useful to the adults."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You are willing to do something, so let's find an opportunity to do business with these Hu merchants."

Peng Yu asked, "Does sir want those strange and lewd skills, or something else?"

"You want anything."

Chenxidao, "I want all the goods in their hands, and they are normal transactions and will not involve robbery... Since these people can do business with Westerners, they are just right, so I will give them Ming Dynasty goods so that they can take them away!"

Peng Yu looked at Chen Xi in surprise, but he didn't expect that Chen Xi would care so much about business.

Chen Xi said again: "Those beauties in the Western Regions have also been bought together. In any case, those who are not bad at the rules cannot succeed. Just think that this official raises some singers and dancers!"

Peng Yu nodded and said, "If you want it, the little one will contact you immediately."

Chen Xidao: "I want to trade with these people in person and discuss the future business process. It's not interesting to just make a deal, it's best to make a long-term business."

"But sir, these Hu people... are all barbarians, so you can't believe it all." Peng Yu's face was pale, afraid that Chen Xi would have a dispute with these people and would take his anger on him.

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You said before that these people are honest in their business, but now they say they are not trustworthy? Brother Peng, don't think that I will blame you if something happens. Business is based on mutual trust. At best, you are just recommending it on your behalf. Whether the business can be completed in the future has nothing to do with you."

Although Chen Xi gave Peng Yu a reassurance, Peng Yu looked awkward and did not think this matter was reliable.

Chen Xi stood up and said, "You go and arrange the transaction location is set in the capital. I will personally meet these representatives of Hu merchants, and I will guarantee that they will not stop them from taking away the goods and silver they want!"
Chapter completed!