May 12, 1884. There was a violent knock on the door of Kim Il-jong's house, a big family in Gwangju.

"Dangdang, Dangdang......" The knocker on the gate made a continuous and fierce sound, reminding the people in the courtyard that the people outside were in a hurry.

Even in the living room at the back of the hall, Kim Il-jeong felt that something was wrong, and the Gwangju businessmen in the living room looked at each other. The news of the turmoil in the capital had already reached Gwangju, and the relationship between the merchants in Gwangju and the Min Fei Group was originally good, and there were many people in Gwangju who did business with Japan. Both of these types of people were targeted in the news from the capital.

Dayuanjun has also informed Goryeo that Concubine Min has unfortunately died in the chaos. Kim Il saw this news in the newspaper, but there was other news in the newspaper, such as the general belief that Concubine Min was not dead at this time, but colluded with the merchants after faking her death to escape, and formed an army of tens of thousands of people, preparing to kill back to Seoul and regain power. This news frightened Kim Il-jeong, and he was also scared enough to choke on a group of businessmen in Guangzhou.

The businessmen did want to be able to become members of the Minfei Group, but that was when the Minfei Group was in power and majestic. At this time, the Min Fei group suffered a devastating blow, and the core figure Min Fei was publicly declared dead, where did the infant Shang still have the courage to rebel.

In the past few days, the group of people from the Chamber of Commerce have gathered at Kim Il Zheng's house for a meeting, hoping to find a way to face such a dilemma. At this time, the railway no longer sold tickets, so they could only send people to ride to the capital, hoping to find someone who was related, indicating that the Gwangju Merchants Chamber of Commerce was loyal to Wang Tingdi. Five people went, and only two escaped. The two who escaped back fearfully told the story of the rebels who set up cards everywhere near Seoul, and as long as they looked like infants, they would arrest people and execute them on the spot.

Three of the five people who went were arrested, and these two were quite smart and ran away when they saw that something was wrong. The three people who were captured were hacked to death at that time.

The sound of knocking on the door outside was really thrilling to hear in the ears of the leaders of this group of frightened infantil merchants. Kim Il Jeong hurriedly let the gang of chamber leaders slip out the back door. When the back door opened, someone poked their heads out to take a look. The back street was empty and there was no one in sight, and the group of chamber leaders hurriedly ran out. Before they all ran out the back door, a group of people rushed out of the corner. They were armed with sticks, and they were vicious. Come and knock the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce to the ground. Before the others retreated to the Kim family, the group had already rushed into the backyard and arrested a group of people, including Kim Il-jung, in a matter of moments.

Kim Il-jeong's mind was in turmoil, and he subconsciously asked, "What are you guys doing?" ”

The leader smiled heartily, showing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and he calmly replied, "We! It's a water meter! ”

Kim Il Jong didn't understand what it meant to check the water meter at all. If he had read the Chinese publication of "The Story Club", he would probably know that this was a widely circulated joke that referred to the rhetoric used by the public security system to deceive criminals when opening the door.

But this doesn't matter anymore, one by one in the towns far away from Seoul, groups of leaders of the Infant Merchant Association, as well as the more famous Infant Merchant Merchants, have been arrested. The railway, which had no service to ordinary people, was still in operation at this time, and the railway police, insurgents and soldiers who were transported on the railway, as well as the captured merchants from all over the country.

Yuan Weiting, as the commander-in-chief, looked at the latest list from the telegram, and couldn't help but praise Wang Shizhen next to him: "Old Wang! Your plan is really good, when you first made the plan, you really had to deal with the negative businessman, I thought we couldn't do it. Now that these people have been arrested one by one, Gao Li has never been able to stop the people of our supply and marketing cooperatives! ”

Yuan Weiting praised the play, and Hou Renjie of the Ministry of Commerce also praised it. There are too many ways for China to control the Goryeo royal court, but it will be too difficult to get rid of this gang of negators without dirtying their own hands. Therefore, Wang Shizhen's plan is to target hundreds of local households in Goryeo who have openly opposed the direct supply and marketing cooperatives of railway and telegraph companies. As long as these hundreds of households can be wiped out, the Goryeo Railway and Telegraph Company will be able to penetrate its sales network into the grassroots of Goryeo.

The most important thing in this is not only the sales of goods at the grassroots level in Goryeo, but also the issue of the circulation of the renminbi in Goryeo. Those local dealers still stubbornly use metal currency as the transaction currency for buying and selling, which makes it impossible for the renminbi to be effectively circulated and used. This is not necessarily a deliberate attempt by the Koreans to oppose China, but simply because the use of legal paper money in an agrarian society requires a strong push.

Wang Shizhen was not fluttering because of everyone's appreciation, he asked calmly: "How many merchants did those rebels kill?" ”

If these people are handed over to the courtyard king, the courtyard monarch may not be able to return to the big killing. When Dayuanjun was regent, in order to reward the merchants, he ordered the establishment of the merchant hall, with his eldest son Li Zaimian as the commander. Many of the people arrested before had a good relationship with Daewonjun, and the Chinese side didn't care about this issue, all they cared about was who was opposing China's expansion in Goryeo and who was blocking China's expansion in Goryeo.

Those who had a good relationship with the Emperor of the Courtyard were sent directly to the radicals among the rebels, and they were executed by killing people with knives. It was sent to Daewon-kun who had little to do with it, and he used the boiling public opinion in Seoul to force Daewon-kun to execute these people.

In the work of cleaning up the Goryeo businessmen, Hou Renjie and Wang Shizhen were accomplices. Even if he sincerely appreciates Wang Shizhen's talent and agrees with Wang Shizhen's plan. But when Hou Renjie saw Wang Shizhen's calm and serious expression, he couldn't help but feel a little stunned in his heart. Yuan Weiting, who is responsible for the specific arrangement of manpower and gives orders, can also be regarded as an "executioner", but that kind of straightforward style is not frightening. Behind the scenes, he calmly arranged the strategy, and made what happened seem so logical, Wang Shizhen's responsibility is really terrifying. It's okay when everyone works together, in case the two sides stand on opposite sides in the future...... Thinking about Wang Shizhen's current wrist, it makes people feel a little cold in the back.

"I've read the latest statistics, and the ones sent to the capital are basically killed. Now go grab another batch? Yuan Weiting asked.

Wang Shizhen shook his head slightly, "No, don't arrest people to the capital for the time being." Let the gang of people who want to make a fortune by killing people go down with us, and we will transport them, and let them start working when they get to the place. First, they can also reap some benefits, and secondly, they can be regarded as loyal to the king of the courtyard and get rid of the local traitors. ”

Hou Renjie was a little dumbfounded when he heard it, this kind of calculation is too ruthless. "And after that," he asked. ”

Wang Shizhen replied slowly: "Dayuanjun killed such a group, and after controlling the local officials, he is naturally relieved. At this time, he will not let this gang kill again, and maybe dispose of this gang of people as well. When the time comes, we will publicize it in the newspapers and say that these people have done things on their own initiative. As long as the tools of propaganda are in our hands, we will not get our hands dirty. ”

Hou Renjie didn't know how to answer when he heard this, he was also a person who had done a lot of things, and he thought that his ability was not bad. After coming into contact with Wang Shizhen, Hou Renjie understood what a genius was. Of course, most of the people in this world are people who get results through hard work, but there are really geniuses.