Chapter 26: Visit from the Brocade Guard

Suddenly having fifty-plus powerful experts, Su Fan no longer had any scruples. Before, even if he sent a caravan into the desert, it was only on the edge, some small tribes.

But now, with so many experts—don't underestimate that there are only fifty people, but in terms of combat power, they are even more powerful than four or five hundred Mongol Tatars.

Mongol Tatars don't have any army formations. Letting martial arts experts charge into the formation, fighting is absolutely easy.

Only a true elite army can martial arts experts find it difficult to do anything.

At the same time, Su Fan can also go to the Imperial Court. Su Fan knows that there are many Korean ginseng in Korea. This thing might be a bit worse than Changbai ginseng.

But placed in the south, it is still very expensive.

And all that is paid is just some refined salt.

Correct.

After coming to Liaodong, Su Fan finally started the salt business. Anyway, smuggling salt in this border area is a very normal thing.

And Su Fan only smuggles salt to foreign tribes, so he can hide a lot. Of course, in the government, with enough silver, he can also hide it a bit.

Using the knowledge of later generations, Su Fan can extract refined salt. Of course, he only sells the top-grade snowflake salt to some Mongol nobles and Korean nobles, while the coarse salt is for the bottom layer.

Smuggling salt is indeed profitable. In just over a year, Su Fan made over one hundred thousand taels of silver, thirty percent of which was used to pay off military officers at all levels in Liaodong, and the rest was handed over to the Huashan Sect for ten percent, while the rest fell into his own hands.

Of course, a part was also used to build the Huashan Branch.

Su Fan's business was expanding, which naturally also attracted the covetousness of some people in Liaodong.

This day, a stranger came to Qipan Mountain.

"Brocade Guard, Hundred-Household Han Quan."

"Young Hero Su, you don't seem surprised."

"Hehe! What's there to be surprised about? It's just that I don't know what business Hundred-Household Han has coming to me?"

Su Fan asked calmly. The Brocade Guard is indeed a deterrent to the martial arts world, but Su Fan is not very afraid.

As for smuggling, he is not afraid. Almost everyone with power in the entire Liaodong is doing it.

Could it be that this guy dares to flip the table? That is no different from looking for death. Not to mention a mere hundred-household, even the Brocade Guard Commander would weigh it several times.

"Young Hero Su is worthy of being an elite disciple of Huashan." Han Quan gave a fake smile and praised.

"It's just that I didn't expect Young Hero Su, as an elite disciple of Huashan, to run to this bitter cold place of Liaodong and build such a large foundation. I truly admire you."

Han Quan smiled coldly.

Su Fan frowned. He heard the subtext in the other party's words.

"Hehe! Hundred-Household Han, just say it directly if you have anything. Why beat around the bush?" Su Fan had no interest in playing word games with the other party.

Since the other party secretly found him, it meant that the other party wanted to share the benefits. Su Fan was not surprised by this.

Sure enough, after Su Fan finished speaking, the latter's expression changed.

"Good! Young Hero Su is straightforward. I won't beat around the bush either. I recently encountered a matter, a major matter concerning myself, so I want to ask Young Hero Su for a favor."

After Han Quan finished speaking, he looked at the composed Su Fan and sighed in admiration; this young man was truly calm and collected, with a very deep sense of strategy.

However, the more this is the case, the better it is for him.

Soon, Han Quan told the matter he had encountered.

"Young Hero Su, I have investigated many things about you. Since you are willing to cooperate with the government, are not hostile to the Imperial Court, do things with a bottom line, and understand the rules of the officialdom, then as long as you help me, I will definitely help you in return."

Su Fan was silent for a moment. Han Quan coming here was indeed as he had guessed—he came to take advantage. Of course, there were differences.

The other party was coming to scrape together silver because he wanted to be promoted to a Thousand-Household; recently, there was a vacancy in the Northern Suppressing and Pacifying Division, and as a veteran Hundred-Household, he had sufficient qualifications, but he had no connections in high places.

Wanting to take down this Brocade Guard thousand-household was not that easy.

It required a large sum of money. However, his savings over the years were very difficult.

It just so happened that this time he was sent by his superiors to Liaodong to investigate some situations in the Shenyang Guard, which allowed him to discover Su Fan unintentionally.

After several investigations, he discovered Su Fan's extraordinary nature, especially the other party's smuggling team. Of course, he didn't report this matter, but hid it. This time he came, he also wanted to cooperate with Su Fan.

Of course, he didn't think about swallowing Su Fan, but Su Fan's identity and strength made him wary. He himself was only second-rate, while Su Fan relied on the Huashan Sect. Once he really took down Su Fan,

it would lead to the Huashan Sect's revenge. These Jianghu people don't care about the Imperial Court's laws, and he doesn't believe that the Great Ming would want to wipe out the Huashan Sect for the sake of a mere hundred-household.

After thinking for a long time, he decided to cooperate with the other party. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====