Chapter 274 From the temple to the mountains, there are people from the martial arts world.

"This~~" Luo An thought for a while and said, "If it's just a small amount, then I can still get it by spending more money, but if it's a large quantity, then I may need to find those big cloth merchants!"

The Luo family is also considered a big cloth merchant, but their cloth business is mainly in Chongshan Town.

In Jing'an Prefecture, the Luo family could only be considered a small cloth merchant.

"General needs a lot of cotton cloth, the more the better!" Wu Zhan said in a deep voice.

Luo An naturally knew who the general Wu Zhan was talking about, but he still said helplessly: "Master Wu, I really have no choice. I am of humble status and cannot be in charge of such a big business."

He was just a shopkeeper. Although Luo Shang had told him to help the Yang family with all his might, his efforts were at most within the scope of the Luo family's shop. Outside of the Luo family, he was just a shopkeeper.

"Unless Dongjia can come over, but Dongjia is now in Chongshan Pass, and it may take six or seven days for him to come over!"

Wu Zhan frowned.

Wait for Luo Shang to come, and then let Luo Shang go to discuss the business. After the business is settled, the cotton cloth will be transported to Tenglongwei. This will take at least half a month.

This is still the case if things go smoothly. If things don’t go smoothly, I’m afraid it may not be done in a month.

Wu Zhan felt that he couldn't wait for Luo Shang to handle this matter, he had to find a solution himself.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Zhan said, "You should first send a message to Luo Dongjia, saying that the general wants to see him and ask him to go to Tenglongwei."

"Okay!" Luo An quickly agreed, but then asked, "What about the cotton cloth?"

Wu Zhan said: "I will go visit a few fellow practitioners first to see if they have any solutions. If there is anything I can do that requires your help, I will come back to you!"

"Okay, I will stay here all the time. If Mr. Wu wants to see me, just come here directly!" Luo An said.

If someone else were to do this, they would most likely return empty-handed.

But Wu Zhan was different. He was once a disciple of the Tianqing Sword Sect. He had traveled around the world and knew many people in the world.

Jing'an Prefecture is not far from the Tianqing Sword Sect, so the Tianqing Sword Sect still has some reputation here.

So Wu Zhan planned to first look for connections in the underworld to see if there was any way to buy cotton cloth.

Don’t underestimate the people of the underworld. They can be found everywhere from the government offices to the mountains and wilderness.

The relationships that businessmen need to maintain include not only officials, but also underworld forces.

There are several underworld forces in Jing'an Prefecture, and the most famous one among them is the Jing'an Shang Family.

The Shang family is a martial arts family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, but the Shang family seems to have always been lukewarm. Although it has been passed down for a long time, it is not considered the top martial arts force in the entire Liaodong area, and is not even as good as the Tianqing Sword School.

The Tianqing Sword Sect has some connections with the Shang family, and one of these connections seems to be worth gossiping about.

It is said that Shang Mingde, the head of the Shang family, once pursued Hua Jinqiu when he was young and almost married her home.

However, Wu Zhan had no idea whether this gossip was true or not; he had only heard about it from others.

After a little preparation, Wu Zhan went to the Shang family with a visiting card.

The Shang family has a mansion in the prefectural city, but most of the Shang family members live in Ancheng County in the south of Jing'an Prefecture. Shang Mingde, on the other hand, often lives in the mansion in the prefectural city.

Today Shang Mingde happened to be in the Shang family mansion.

Shang Mingde felt a little confused when he saw Wu Zhan's visiting card.

"Wu Zhan? Is there such a person in Tianqing Sword Sect?"

It's not his fault that he is ignorant. It's just that Wu Zhan is not well-known in the world, or it can be said that he has no fame at all.

Although Wu Zhan had traveled before, he was just a small warrior at that time and had not made a name for himself in the martial arts world.

And in the past few years, Wu Zhan has been staying in the Yang family, so his reputation has become even less well-known.

Shang Mingde thought about it and felt that it would be better to meet Wu Zhan.

Although he had never heard of Wu Zhan's name, the Shang family had a close relationship with the Tianqing Sword Sect.

Especially after Hua Jinqiu became the head of the sect, he personally went to the Tianqing Sword Sect to congratulate him, but Hua Jinqiu was not willing to pay attention to him.

Soon he arranged for servants to invite Wu Zhan into the hall.

"Junior Wu Zhan greets Senior Shang!" Wu Zhan clasped his fists and bowed, saying.

Shang Mingde looked at him, looked at the sword on his body, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

There is the emblem of the Tianqing Sword Sect on Wu Zhan’s sword. Although this cannot guarantee that Wu Zhan is a disciple of the Tianqing Sword Sect, it is at least a little proof.

"So it's Junior Brother Wu. Haha, I wonder which senior brother ordered Junior Brother Wu to come here?"

Wu Zhan also knew that he was just an unknown person and Shang Mingde would definitely not know him, so he said: "Master Su Kun, but I am not here on the orders of Master Su Kun, but on the orders of Lord Yang, the commander of the Tenglong Guard!"

Shang Mingde was stunned at first, then he thought of who Lord Yang was.

It was no secret that Yu Qingyi married Yang Zhengshan. Most of the underworld forces in Liaodong knew about it. Not only did they know about it, but the marriage also caused quite a stir in Liaodong. A woman from underworld married a third-rank guard commander, which aroused the gossip of many people.

Some people envy, some are jealous, some are optimistic, some are ridiculed, some think it is a good thing, and some are waiting to see Yu Qingyi make a fool of herself.

At that time, many people thought that Yu Qingyi was marrying above her station and believed that Yu Qingyi would definitely not have an easy time in the Yang family.

But as time went by, those who were waiting to see Yu Qingyi make a fool of herself were left with only envy and jealousy.

Yu Qingyi not only lived a good life in the Yang family, but also continued the family's bloodline, and her position as the mistress of the Yang family was secure.

Shang Mingde naturally knew the relationship between the Tianqing Sword Sect and the Yang family, so when Wu Zhan mentioned Lord Yang, he thought of Yang Zhengshan.

"Junior Brother Wu, are you here on the orders of Lord Yang?" he asked uncertainly.

"That's right!" Wu Zhan smiled and said, "But Lord Yang didn't ask me to come and visit you, he just asked me to come to Jing'an Mansion to buy some cotton cloth!"

Shang Mingde suddenly realized, and he said, their Shang family has no relationship with Yang Zhengshan, so why would Yang Zhengshan send someone to visit them?

"As for cotton cloth, our Shang family does have a batch. If the general needs it, our Shang family is willing to support him!"

It was just cotton cloth, not something expensive, so there was no reason for him to refuse such a small thing.

However, the batch he mentioned was obviously not of the same order of magnitude as the batch Wu Zhan mentioned.

What Yang Zhengshan wanted was enough cotton cloth to feed tens of thousands of people during the winter, which would probably require tens of thousands of pieces of cloth.

The Shang family had a lot of business, but they were only doing small business in the cloth business, not as good as the Luo family's cloth business in Jing'an Prefecture. So the batch of cotton cloth he mentioned was only a few hundred pieces at most.

Wu Zhan was naturally aware of the situation. He said softly, "The general wants to purchase cotton cloth for the military households of Tenglongwei, and the quantity required may be relatively large!"

Shang Mingde paused, feeling that he seemed to have lost his mind.

Since Wu Zhan is helping Yang Zhengshan, it is naturally no small matter.

If it was just a few hundred pieces of cotton cloth, Wu Zhan would not have come to the Shang family for help, but if it was a large quantity of cotton cloth, it seemed that the Shang family could not provide it.

"Well, our Shang family's cloth shop business is very small!"

"I know, so I would like to ask Senior Shang to help me contact the big cloth merchants in Jing'an City!" Wu Zhan said.

"Oh! Haha, no problem!" Shang Mingde was immediately relieved. It was just a matter of making some connections. It was an easy matter.

Shang Mingde was still very positive about helping Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan was General Dingguo appointed by the emperor himself and the commander of the third-rank Tenglong Guard. In the eyes of the Shang family, he was also a big shot.

More importantly, Yang Zhengshan is also from Jing'an Prefecture and is a fellow villager of the Shang family.

Shang Mingde had long wanted to establish a relationship with Yang Zhengshan, but he had never found a suitable opportunity. Now that the opportunity had come to him, there was naturally no reason for him to refuse.

Then Shang Mingde took Wu Zhan out to visit several major cloth merchants in Jing'an City without saying a word.

Although Wu Zhan appears to be a carefree wanderer in his daily life, he is actually a man with strong opinions.

He did not become restrained and ask for instructions or wait for Yang Zhengshan's orders just because Yang Zhengshan did not give him any specific orders. Instead, he took the initiative to negotiate the price with several major cloth merchants.

In terms of price, the price of cotton cloth supplied by the Luo family to Tenglongwei is actually based on the market price, so Wu Zhan also negotiated with several major cloth merchants based on the price of cotton cloth supplied by the Luo family.

Several large cloth merchants wanted to raise prices at first. After all, with such a large amount of cotton cloth sent to Tenglongwei, the price of cotton cloth in Jing'an City would definitely go up. It was understandable that they wanted to take the opportunity to raise prices.

However, with Shang Mingde mediating, and after they knew that the seller was Yang Zhengshan, they gave up raising the price.

The Shang family is a martial arts family in Jing'an Prefecture, but the Yang family is also an official family in Jing'an Prefecture. If we rank the families in Jing'an Prefecture today, the Lu family is still the undisputed first, but the second must be the An Ning Yang family.

We have to give face to Shang Mingde, but we also have to give face to the Yang family.

Moreover, these big cloth merchants all knew that Yang Zhengshan was behind Luo Shang, and that the Luo family became wealthy merchants in Chongshan Town because of Yang Zhengshan's support.

They also wanted to use this opportunity to establish a relationship with Yang Zhengshan.

In just two days, several large cloth merchants collected 10,000 pieces of cotton cloth and shipped them to Tenglongwei.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan didn't know what Wu Zhan had done in Jing'an City. If he knew, he would definitely praise Wu Zhan a lot.

The heavy snow has been falling on and off for three days and finally stopped today.

Although Yang Zhengshan had already ordered each thousand households to reinforce the houses of the military households, and also asked Xie Yuan to go out and inspect the reinforcement of the houses, many military households' houses were still collapsed by the heavy snow.

A foot thick of snow is a snowstorm for the entire Tenglongwei.

The military households, which had been impoverished for a long time, were simply unable to resist such a natural disaster.

The problem caused by house collapse is not as simple as having no place to live.

(End of this chapter)