Standing at the top of the city and looking at the brightly lit place outside the city, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhang Ji beside him: "Deployment, the casino on that side is mixed with fish and dragons, and you must not go there to avoid causing trouble. Wu Dutou, who is in charge of the place, was transferred here for the first time to catch thieves in Jinzhou. This person has been lingering in the world for a long time and knows those dirty methods. Such people are capable of doing things, but they are not trustworthy, so they must pay more attention to the deployment."

Zhang Ke nodded in agreement. He had been in the army for many years and had seen many strange things. Du Zhongxiao was not surprised to build a casino. When Xia Shu was appointed as the Shaanxi Road Military Commander, he was still raising prostitutes in the army. However, for the soldiers, the casino was too dangerous and they had to be strictly restricted from going there. If they bet fiercely, owing gambling debts would disrupt the morale of the army.

Sighing, Du Zhongxiao said: "The business here in Tanglong Town is now prosperous, and the money I have to spend tens of thousands of yuan a day is worth tens of thousands of yuan. This money depends entirely on this special place, and it is communicated with the grassland and the Western Regions. When doing business, things on the casino will inevitably be available and cannot be avoided. I have ordered the Chamber of Commerce in the City to try my best to restrain the original merchants in Zhongyuan not to go there, and there is no way to die. Building that casino is not to make money or cater to the merchants, but to attract wealthy officials from the north. Remember this and don't poison your own people."

Du Zhongxiao mentioned this to Zhang Xiao many times, and Zhang Xiao understood what Du Zhongxiao meant. If there were too many rich people, there would be casinos. Why didn’t there be casinos in the big cities in the Central Plains? It was because this place was special. In order to attract people from the north, to attract rich people from the north, the consumption in Tanglong Town was extremely luxurious, making this place a gold-selling cave around.

Most of the merchants in the Central Plains came here, and many were sent to do business here. Business development cannot be achieved by relying solely on merchants. What is really useful is developed logistics and convenient money exchanges. There is a cabin in Tanglong Town, and Zhongyuan merchants do not have to bring a lot of cash. The goods are shipped from Tanglong Town to the Volcanic Army, and now they extend to Fuzhou. Merchants can send people to buy goods here and live in the Volcanic Army and Fuzhou to receive goods. In the future, with strength, this freight line will extend to Bingzhou, all the way to Luoyang and Kaifeng.

The consumer industry here in Tanglong Town is prepared for merchants from the north. For merchants in the Central Plains, it is a convenient business environment and a developed and convenient financial and logistics system. It takes advantage of its benefits and prevents its harm. Otherwise, the court would have any opinions on what Du Zhongxiao did.

For the government, how much money can the casino make? Large-scale business is the foundation.

After looking at the city, it was much deserted than before. Even many of the catering industry moved outside the city. This is how people like to join in the fun. The noisier the place, the more attractive they are.

After standing for a while, Du Zhongxiao said again: "Deployment, I will go back to the Volcano Army tomorrow to deal with government affairs. From now on, the two of us will rotate here for a period of one month. How about it?"

Zhang Ke said, "I will be honest with Zhijun. To be honest, I have been here for half a year and I am really tired of it. There are also places like this, and the army cannot stay for a long time. Starting from tomorrow, one city and one city will have to be rotated. Otherwise, no matter how strict my guards are, it will be difficult to ensure that my subordinates will not be in trouble."

Du Zhongxiao nodded with a smile: "Okay, that's it. Also, the military discipline here is stricter than the mainland, and the soldiers cannot be unhealthy, otherwise who would be willing to come? Those who come here to defend the city in the future will give them a reward of 500 ci a month, and they will not praise them."

"This is the best! This place is located in a foreign land and there are countless temptations in the city. You should be clear about rewards and punishments. The yamen can save a lot of right and wrong, which is a good thing. In charge of the army, sometimes you don't have to care about these small money!"

After hearing Zhang Ji's words, Du Zhongxiao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Deployment, hundreds of trump cards a month is not a small amount of money. If there were no Tanglong Town or even the cabinet shop, the volcanic army would not be able to get this money."

Zhang Ke also laughed. He didn't dare to think about it half a year ago.

In a tavern outside the city, Feng Yuan and a few foreign merchants sat under the shed, blowing the night breeze, which was particularly cool.

A merchant put the bowl heavily on the table and said, "Good wine! Good meat! Come on, fill it up quickly!"

Feng Yuan poured wine for the guest and said, "Brother, you can have all the wine and meat here, use it slowly."

The guest picked up a large skewer of grilled lamb on the table, tore off a piece to eat, and chewed it, "This meat is particularly fragrant and tender inside, so we can't grill it out there. Tanglong Town is such a good place."

Feng Yuan said: "Brother, this meat kebab is grilled with oil and added with saccharin fennel. It is expensive and is naturally delicious."

After accompanying several guests to eat a few skewers of meat and drink two more bowls of wine, Feng Yuan said: "Brothers, how about here in Tanglong Town?"

Several people nodded together: "Okay, okay, we have lived for decades and have not seen such a prosperous place. It's strange that we came to Tanglong Town a few years ago, but it was not so lively at that time."

Feng Yuan said: "You are all familiar with Lai Shoushun and have no knowledge. Of course, you can't build such a prosperous place."

Several people laughed together, and said, "That guy, if he sees his place like this, he will regret it!"

After saying a few gossips, Feng Yuan said seriously: "Brothers, as long as you sell wool to me in the future and make a lot of money, Tanglong Town will come here as soon as you want. This place is full of flowers and play for a few days, so you will not be in vain."

The person who spoke before patted Feng Yuan on the shoulder: "Don't worry. There are so many things like wool in our place. As long as you are willing to invest in capital, you can buy them as much as you want. Hundreds of miles to the south Hengshan Mountain are everywhere."

Feng Yuan said carefully: "I'm afraid of inconvenience in trafficking-"

The man laughed: "The Taiwei Yilingji stationed opposite the Yellow River is my brother of the same clan. He grew up together with me. What's the inconvenience? As long as you make money, you will sell you much wool in the future. But, what do you buy me? There is a scene in Hengshan, don't mess with me with tea and silk!"

Feng Yuan smiled slightly, took out a piece of woolen velvet from his body, and put it in the man's hand: "How about using this thing for exchange?"

The man touched his hands and his eyes immediately lit up. Dangxiang is not short of wool, but his textile technology is rough, mostly coarse and short brown. The finest one is the felt blanket, which is not competitive in this area. This woolen velvet was recently made by the Volcanic Army. It is extremely soft and feels less than silk when touched. Woolen velvet can be made of winter clothes. This kind of fabric with a touch is more expensive than gold in Dangxiang.

After touching for a while, the man asked Feng Yuan with a smirk, "Waiwei, how many kilograms of wool can be used for such a piece of cloth?"

Feng Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Brother is a person who knows goods, why bother telling lies? We don't have to argue about the price. Just sell me wool according to the market price in Tanglong Town, and I will exchange this item for you. My brother will take it back to the Western Region, and the price will increase by several times."

The man looked at Feng Yuan and suddenly fell down. The two looked at each other for a while, then suddenly smiled and pointed at Feng Yuan and said, "Mr. Insider, you are interesting. You can pay it as soon as you pay it! The market price is at the market price, but you have to guarantee that my wool will be shipped and you must buy it immediately!"

Feng Yuan nodded slowly: "A gentleman's words are as good as a horse! My brother's wool is brought in, and I will deliver it with both hands!"

Wool is divided into many grades. The wool in Tanglong Town is relatively thick and it is not easy to weave high-end fabrics. But there is a little better here, and there are many goats raised. Goats produce cashmere. Although it is difficult to harvest and troublesome to deal with, the fabrics woven are extremely delicate. Especially on the side of the Dangxiang, there are particularly many goats, and they cannot weave clothes, so the herdsmen do not harvest them at all.

Feng Yuan and these Dangxiang people joined the cashmere in their hands. The fabric they made was particularly delicate. Although it was not as good as cashmere sweaters in later generations, it was already the highest-end fabric in this era and the price was even more expensive than silk.

The trade between the Western Regions and the Central Plains has always been selling goods and flowing into currency. In addition to being a transit between the East and the West, they also have their fine weaving technology. It is not as good as the Central Plains than silk and cloth, and the technology of wool fabrics is much better than that of the Central Plains. With the craftsmen from the Western Regions, the volcanic army's wool textile output and quality have reached a higher level, and the demand for wool has become much greater.

For Feng Yuan, it was not enough for the merchants in the Khitan in the north. After some thought, he finally got involved with the Dangxiang people. There was a blank area between Tanglong Town and Dangxiang, which was an unguarded blank area for hundreds of miles, and merchants were easier to smuggle than the Khitan. Dangxiang's production was even more backward. Although there were many sheep, most of the wool was useless and they were not cut at all. They threw it away for the sake of sheep and had nowhere to sell it. They hit it off with Feng Yuan.

Most of the merchants who came were related to Dangxiang's garrison nearby, and ordinary people could not do this business. The leader was Wujin, and he was the same clan of Yi Lingji, the guard general of Dangxiang, who was opposite, and was particularly difficult to deal with.

After using the wine and meat, Wujin touched his stomach, smiled and said to Feng Yuan: "I heard that you can play with money there. Insider, let's go in and play for a while, win a few cents of money, and go there to find a little lady to sleep."

Feng Yuan shook his hand quickly: "It's not possible! I've never been able to gamble since I was a child, so how dare I enter that kind of place? It's a gold-selling cave, and it's not enough to bring it in. After playing for a while, I'll be out of my hands!"

Wujin said, "What are you afraid of! I have been a big bet since I was a kid and never lose!"

Feng Yuan refused no matter what. He was not a fool. He would have to pay for himself when he entered and let these people gamble. How much money does he have, enough for these people to squander? A bunch of money was put on the gambling table, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Feng Yuan insisted on refusing, Wujin had no choice but to say, "Since the official is not gambling, that's all. It's just that the night is long and I don't want to sleep. We don't have cash on our body, so why not do this. My brother will take a few guan of money and let's go in and play for a while."

Feng originally wanted to say that the casino was full of everything, and no matter what you used, you could exchange it for cash. Think about it again, are these people clearly trying to take advantage of themselves, or forget it.
Chapter completed!