Three days later, a heavily guarded carriage, under the farewell of the ministers, slowly left the capital and headed east along the official road.

Among the people who saw them off, there were many people with such high power as the ruler of the court, and there were even eunuchs in the palace.

The father-in-law of Wei, who was trusted by the emperor, was also among them, he came to see him off on behalf of the emperor, if it weren't for Li Kun's unfeeling and difficult to show up, the emperor would have to come over in person.

"Master, if you leave the capital at such a time, if something happens to the emperor, won't it be too late to come back? ”

Not far from the capital, on a horse outside the carriage, there was a man dressed as a housekeeper, speaking this by the curtain of the carriage.

Sitting in the car was the protagonist of the previous ministers, and the only ones who could alarm the emperor and send representatives to see him off were Qiu Yan, who was now in full swing with the military department, the quasi-prime minister, and the marquis of Dingguo.

The court meeting three days ago, on the surface, was just a rhetoric, but the hidden intrigues and tricks, swords and swords behind it are unknown, even if Qiu Yan coexisted, whether it was in terms of vision or strength, he was the best in Donghua, but under the pressure of the starry sky forces, if he wanted to make a complete layout in Donghua, he had to accept the rules of the game.

Strength may be able to defeat others or even make people succumb, but a forcibly suppressed Donghua can have how much strength he can have in the face of changes in the starry sky and the upgrading of the continent?

Therefore, although Qiu Yan had already launched a counterattack in the court, and even left behind the introduction that was enough to cause a storm, this trip to the east to recruit surrender was still unavoidable, and at the same time, it also hid a deeper purpose.

So, Qiu Yan's voice came out of it-

"In today's capital, the dark tide is surging, and staying here is just a deeper level of deception. I have experienced enough of this intriguing matter, there is no need to get involved, it is better to leave for a while, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the time is ripe, it will be convenient to settle it in one fell swoop. ”

"I see. Hearing this, Qiu An nodded, and then kept it in his heart.

If anyone pays attention, they can find that Qiu An is still wearing the clothes of a servant. But in terms of demeanor and temperament, he is getting closer and closer to Qiu Yan, and he has an indescribable momentum on a horse, even if it is the elite soldiers around, no one will look down on him because of his servant dress.

"By the way, how are you going to solve those rebels on this trip? I remember that when General Zhang and the others led the army over, the master's original intention was to use those thieves to train the troops. But now they are out in person, and the generals are ......."

Qiu Yan's voice came out again: "Zhang Qi led the troops over, what should I do, or what should I do." He is a military general, I am a civilian official, even if he is in charge of the military department, but I can't control him to lead the troops. Otherwise, it would be overstepping my authority, and besides, this kind of thing should not have come forward with me, Shangshu. If it weren't for the family's efforts behind the scenes, it would be difficult to do this at all, so the things that followed should also go with the flow and follow the trend. ”

When the words fell, there was a sudden sound of chirping in the carriage, Qiu An was not surprised, knowing that many things raised by Qiu Yan were making trouble, these guys have lived in the capital in recent years, and they have been suppressed by the dragon qi and the will of the city, and they have lost their vitality more and more, so Qiu Yan has brought many things with him when he goes out of Beijing this time.

Listening to the voice, Qiu An pulled the reins and rode his horse out of the carriage, thinking about some questions in his heart.

"I don't know how this matter will end in the end, but now that the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains have been conquered by the master, most of them have settled down, and there are only sporadic military disasters in Qilu and Hebei Province.

This thought completely fell overseas, and Qiu Yan's voice came again-

"In fact, this trip to Beijing can experience the folk customs along the way and experience the changes of the people, which will help me to govern in the future, and there are still many mortal dusts that will come to an end......"

The itinerary of their group was not peaceful, because the news of Qiu Yan's trip to Qilu was widely circulated and known to people along the way from the day he left the city, and it was mixed with all kinds of rumors.

The first to respond were Confucian scholars and students along the way, who gathered one after another to ask for learning, followed by some businessmen.

These people have many ways to know that Qiu Yan was on the fold at the beginning, and they immediately panicked all day long, for fear that they would be approached by Qiu Yan and would not be able to die.

The deeds of Qiu Yan during the southern and northern wars are widely circulated, and they can be regarded as well-known to women and children in some regions, which repeatedly mentions Qiu Yan's ferocious methods of dealing with the enemy, and once the enemy and friend are determined, they will be ruthless.

Now, many thieves who have been in contact with the anti-army have substituted themselves into the category of this enemy.

"I heard that in three or four days, the Marquis of Dingguo will come to Zezhou, you should get along with each other!"

Zezhou Mansion, located between Guanzhong and the Eastern Capital, is not the only way to go east, but Qiu Yan turned to take a boat after leaving Gyeonggi this time, went down the river, and went ashore halfway, instead of taking a carriage, this move does not have much hidden meaning in the eyes of the people, it is nothing more than a reflection of Qiu Yan's desire to explore the people's feelings, but in the eyes of people with a heart, it is tantamount to a life talisman, especially the four largest businessmen in this Zezhou Mansion, who are as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

As soon as they heard the news, knew about the twists, and found out about Qiu Yan's itinerary, they immediately gathered to discuss countermeasures.

Now the person who is speaking is a middle-aged man with a big belly, who is talking too quickly, and the fat on his face is shaking.

This person is one of the four major merchants in Zezhou, named Lei Yuan, and his ancestors also have Jinshi backgrounds, which allowed the Lei family to rise, but the background is insufficient, and in the end, he can only talk about politics and capital, and transform into primitive accumulation, and start businessmen.

This place in Zezhou, at this time, is also a traffic artery, the north is the Sanjin, the south is the fertile soil of the Central Plains, to the east is not far from the eastern capital, and with the help of the water transportation of the North River, from the goods of the river loop, the transfer of materials in the Guanzhong, it is not surprising that the business can develop.

It's just that there are still disadvantages here, so there are not many big merchants, and the families with some background will not pay too much attention to this place, so that some of the wealthy families in it are not high.

Such a situation also gave birth to their desperate thoughts, often transiting the materials prohibited by the imperial court, and then transporting them to the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, and finally selling them to the grassland.

This kind of transshipment in the blockade, the profits can be imagined, but the merchants of Zezhou can't get the lion's share, because he earns the cost of transshipment and storage at most, and the rest is divided by the major forces.

And tasted the sweetness of Zezhou businessmen, of course, will not be satisfied, but the battle of northern Xinjiang suddenly broke out, the rapid changes in the political zhì shape shì, coupled with the consensus of all forces, so that the living space of smuggling in the frontier was constantly squeezed, and finally with the pacification of northern Xinjiang, the government took the initiative to open the mutual market after implementing Qiu Yan's resettlement of the various departments, and gave some materials a sales void at the official level, which had already created a broader interest market, and also forced several major forces that originally controlled the smuggling channels to have to put some things on the table。

In this way, it is actually bringing about economic changes in Yan zhòng.

The concept of economics was widely spread in Qiu Yan's previous life, and it gave rise to all kinds of research, as if it was the only time that there was economic knowledge, but even if there was no corresponding discipline in ancient times, it did not mean that there was no same phenomenon.

A typical example is that the Meng family, one of the three Jin families, was taught to them by Qiu Yan with movable type printing and a new type of ceramic firing and forging method, which undoubtedly made such a family open up a new way to make money, in order to supplement the smuggling income after exiting.

There are many examples like the Meng family, but most of them are big families with a certain strength and heritage, and the emerging businessmen like the Lei family do not have such qualifications.

Of course, even if there is no smuggling and transshipment business, Zezhou still has the ability to transship ordinary goods, and it also has a lot of profits, but it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, from luxury to frugality, and after experiencing the huge profits of smuggling, how can this Zezhou businessman still endure the meager profits of ordinary transshipment.

There are also many practical problems, such as the continuous expansion of their family business, the need to maintain a certain amount of cash flow, and this calculation is based on the original, and once the income plummets, the whole system will be impacted, the ability to resist risks is getting worse and worse, and even the daily expenses of maintaining the family will seem to be stretched.

In this situation, many businessmen can only choose to open source and reduce expenditure.

This throttling is not easy, and it cannot be achieved overnight, and as for open source, I can't find a clue.

And at this time, the thieves sent a Mr. Huang, who was moved by the words of this gentleman and the opinions of several major businessmen, so he began to transfer the materials, with the help of the North River water transportation, to the land of Naqilu.

It's not that they don't know that the thieves are anti-thieves, but under the coercion and use of the other party, they still can't refuse, and they still seem to have reservations at first, but after getting rich rewards again and again, they finally can't hold on and begin to support them unreservedly.

It's just that now it's still the East Window incident.

"What should I do about this?" In the face of Lei Yuan's eager inquiry, the others looked at each other, speechless, and their hearts were also in chaos.

That's when ......

"Brother Lei, why should you be so anxious, since this matter is caused by us, we are duty-bound, then the matter of the marquis of the country, we have our own way to do it for the heavens!" (To be continued......)

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