Next, the two men went to the place where the shopkeeper was being held and explained to him everything that had happened.
When the shopkeeper heard that the second young master had suffered a setback this time, he was immediately filled with righteous indignation. Without saying a word, he immediately decided to follow Liu Feng and work hard.
Now that I have subdued this shopkeeper, the next things will be easy to handle and I don’t have to do anything myself.
He immediately asked Chen Buyi to take the shopkeeper to Deqing Hall to discuss various handover matters.
Liu Feng himself has more important things to do.
When leaving, Chen Buyi suggested that since the entire Deqing Hall had a new owner, he should give Deqing Hall a more suitable name.
Liu Feng did not do so. He had just taken over Deqingtang, and the foundation was unstable. All the personnel in Deqingtang were the original team. If he changed the name at this time, it would easily make the foundation unstable.
Liu Feng directly rejected the proposal.
After Liu Feng left Deqing Hall, he rode his horse to the escort agency.
This was where he first earned the capital of three thousand taels of silver. Since they met, Wu San Tong has helped him a lot, and now he is even his father-in-law.
Ever since Liu Feng became affiliated with the escort agency, this small agency, which was originally located in Wenhuang County, has doubled in size and become the largest escort agency in the entire Youzhou.
The number of staff has increased significantly.
Of course, everything is mutual. While serving Liu Feng, the father-in-law also makes a lot of money.
As the business grows, if we don’t add more people, we will not be able to handle many of the tasks.
This is also normal. Brothers have to settle accounts clearly, especially money, so Liu Feng has never owed his father-in-law a single copper coin.
However, Wu San Tong was not in the escort agency today, and was being looked after by Master Ji. Seeing Liu Feng coming, he hurried up to greet him.
"General, how come you have time to come to the escort agency today?"
"I see the escort agency has added a lot of manpower."
"The escort agency has been developing smoothly these days. It seems that business has improved a lot."
Of course, Liu Feng asked this on purpose.
"Yes, we have recruited more than ten new escorts."
"Of course, this is all thanks to the general. Without the general's support, our escort agency wouldn't have developed so well."
Master Ji smiled cheerfully and said, "We are all family, and the general still said so."
"There may be more things that the escort agency needs to do in the future."
"I think there are still fewer of these people at the moment."
"In my opinion, it would be best to buy all these surrounding yards. Whether it's for warehouses or to expand the business, they will be useful."
Liu Feng just pointed casually, but Master Ji was shocked.
Although the escort agency is still an escort agency, the courtyard is not small, with three courtyards.
How many people would it take to buy all of these?
Of course, it is not difficult to buy these courtyards, after all, the area surrounding the escort agency is residential.
The families around here are all ordinary residents. Although their lives are better, it’s no big deal. They can just come down and break down a wall to practice as one.
But the biggest problem is that the current escort agency's carrying capacity has reached its limit.
After all, Wu Xiangyue married Liu Feng, and the original old team of the escort agency was training the newcomers, while there were only him and Wu Santong in charge of management matters.
No matter what we do, the current scale is already the limit.
If you blindly expand your efforts and something goes wrong, it will be troublesome.
"General, what are your intentions?"
Liu Feng then recounted the story of taking over Deqingtang.
"General, you actually took Deqing Hall without bloodshed?"
"Such a big move, does the General have a big plan?"
If they suddenly take over a chamber of commerce, especially a large one, then the escort agency's business will definitely at least double in the future.
It is easy to take over the surrounding yards, but what about the people?
Where can we find so many experienced bodyguards at once?
Seeing Master Ji's embarrassed look, Liu Feng said with a smile.
"Why? Master Ji, do you think it's hard to find escorts?"
Master Ji nodded.
"General Dissatisfied said that due to the siege of the city by the Northern Barbarian Army a while ago, there were many refugees in the city."
"It was at this time that we took the opportunity to recruit some escorts and cargo loaders."
"But now that the country is at peace, the Northern Barbarian Army has retreated."
"After all, these escorts are from other places. Seeing that everything is peaceful now, it is inevitable that they would want to return home."
"A few days ago, there was a case of a newly recruited escort stealing a customer's goods and secretly preparing to return home."
"This incident had a huge impact and almost damaged the reputation of the escort agency. So now we dare not recruit escorts easily."
It is human nature to yearn for home.
"It's okay, I've already thought about all the possible problems."
"It's just an escort, what's so difficult about it? If we need people, we have the Tiger Roar Army."
"Why don't we just let the Tiger Roar Army fill in the missing manpower?"
"When the time comes, we can just let the experienced escorts from the escort agency take care of it."
He has three armies under his command, and every day when he opens his eyes, he sees more than three thousand mouths waiting to be fed.
Assigning some people to escort the caravan on weekdays and quickly returning to the Tiger Roar Army during battles will not only ease the financial pressure on the Tiger Roar Army, but also train the soldiers. Why not do it?
Besides, there is almost no intrusion from bandits in Youzhou City nowadays, so leaving Siwa Village to train every day is ultimately just talk.
Even if such an army went to the battlefield, its combat effectiveness would be average, and it would definitely not be as strong as the first thousand people who followed him to kill bandits.
So, letting them escort in batches is simply perfect.
"Okay, that's a good idea."
Master Ji's eyes suddenly lit up.
In fact, what their escort agency is worried about is not that they can't recruit people, but the most important thing is that they are worried that the people they recruit are not trustworthy.
If Liu Feng's big plan is ruined by then, it will be more trouble than gain.
If the Tiger Roar Army was responsible for escorting the convoy, there would be no need to worry about this matter at all.
After all, everyone knows very well what the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Roar Army is.
"Okay, I'll discuss this with the chief escort when he comes back."
"If he thinks it's okay, we can start working on it right away."
Liu Feng nodded, then took out a small jar from his arms.
Inside is the refined salt prepared by Liu Feng.
However, whether you look closely at this refined salt from the color or other aspects, the quality is slightly worse than the batch just produced by Deqingtang.
That batch was the best first-grade refined salt. Liu Feng did not plan to exchange it for silver, but to use it as a gift to manage relationships in all aspects and smooth his network.
The second batch of goods in Liu Feng’s hands are the products that are actually going to be sold.
"Master Ji, you've traveled extensively for so many years. Can you help me see if there's any market for this thing?"
Master Ji didn't understand what was going on and opened the small jar with some suspicion.
"What? This is salt. This is the first time I've seen salt of such good quality."
"General, where did you get such high-quality salt?"
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