Gaojiazhuang, blue bricks and white seams, black tiles and green trees.

In the courtyard where guests live, the shade is thick and cicadas are singing.

The windows in the spacious study are bright and clean, only the desk, bookshelves, piano table, incense burner, and only a pair of Shen Zhou's freehand landscapes are hung on the wall, and the furnishings are simple but elegant.

Ma Xianglan burned a stove of sandalwood, put her own cushion on the chair, and pulled her hair up high, then sat down and put on her gold-wire glasses.

She gracefully took a spoonful of water from the bowl and gently dripped it onto the inkstone. Then he picked out a piece of Huangshan pine smoke ink with a gold thread from the ink box, twisted it with a slender jade finger, and grinded the ink slowly.

The afternoon light shining through the erected windows on the desk seemed to cast a sacred color over the work.

While studying ink, Ma Xianglan planned the layout of the content of the book and thought about it repeatedly. Her literary talent is naturally sufficient, even surpassing many readers. However, the audience for this kind of 'newsletter' that Childe asked her to write was for the management personnel within the group, or even just employees who had just completed literacy.

Although she still loves beautiful poetry and songs, Sister Ma is willing to do it. A smart woman like her naturally doesn't want to just be a beautiful vase, she also wants to occupy a place in Childe's great career.

'Let me add luster to Childe's career!' ’

Sister Ma took a deep breath, stretched out her wrist to bully the frost, lifted the Zihaohu pen, and wrote a line of graceful letters on the sprinkling gold Xue Tao note.

"Jiangnan Communication" "Long 306" issue of the headline newsletter:

'Longqing three years in the first month of June six sheep festival, the former Nanjing household right attendant Zhao Gongben, accompanied by Hanlin review, Jiangnan Group founder Zhao Gongzi, came to Gaojiazhuang, for the retired at home of the former cabinet assistant Gao Gong, the former Cao Jiangdu Yu Shi Gaojie, brought holiday blessings and good wishes, and participated in fishing, military training and other traditional festival activities with great interest. ’

Early the next morning, Zhao Gongzi also participated in the morning exercise organized by the high school Cheng, which was greatly praised by the seniors. Gao Gao Cheng held Zhao Gongzi's hand and said excitedly, Okay, very energetic! ’

At noon on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Gao Ge Lao met with Zhao Gongzi cordially under the grape trellis of his own hall, and the two sides had a cordial and friendly meeting. Gao Ge Lao highly appreciated Zhao Gongzi's measures to benefit the country and the people, such as building water conservancy and shipping grain, and expressed his appreciation to him and the Jiangnan Group for consistently adhering to the principle of 'loyalty to the monarch and patriotism'. ’

We Zhao Gongzi modestly said that he and Jiangnan Group are still very young, and they need to have the old-timers to help them get on the horse and give them a ride, and strongly persuade the old people of Gaoge to return to work as soon as possible and make further contributions to Daming Sheji. ’

Gao Ge Lao said that he was in good health, and if His Majesty and the country needed it, he was willing to do the work of dogs and horses at any time. The talks ended in a warm and friendly atmosphere, and Gao Ge Lao personally cooked a leek box to entertain Zhao Gongzi. ’

'Front-loading reporter Ma Lan. ’

After writing this press release for the public offering of Jiangnan Group, Ma Xianglan changed another piece of paper, rubbed her wrist and continued to write:

"Internal Reference" "Long 3 2" Issue (Confidential: Conveyed to Group Management Cadres Only): '

'The meeting was positive and productive. During the talks, the two sides had a frank exchange of views and agreed to focus on the future, put down burdens, seek common ground while reserving differences, gather common ground and resolve differences, and jointly build a strategic partnership for win-win cooperation. The two sides should rely on partnership, uphold the concept of win-win results, strengthen practical cooperation in various fields, establish an effective coordination mechanism, prevent miscalculations, strengthen communication and coordination on major issues, and work together to achieve peace, stability and prosperity in the Ming Dynasty. ’

'The correspondent is truthful. Ma Xianglan used her real name as a corresponding pen name this time.

Then she put on the third piece of paper and drafted Zhao Gongzi as a secretary:

'Presented to the Board of Directors and the Strategic Decision-making Committee:'

'I basically reached an understanding with Xuan Weng on this trip, and the two sides agreed on three chapters:'

'First, let go of the burden of history and move forward lightly. Jiangnan Group and Xishan Company fully supported Xuan Weng's recovery. And fully cooperate with Xuan Weng's future governance reforms (excluding the ten prefectures in Jiangnan). ’

Second, Xuan Weng promised that after the recovery, he would immediately start to promote the shipping of Cao Grain, and try his best to safeguard the interests of the Group in Jiangnan and overseas. It does not interfere in the governance and reform of the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, but the premise is that such governance reform must not harm the interests of the imperial court. ’

'3. The appointment and dismissal of local officials in the ten prefectures of Jiangnan shall first consult the opinions of the Group. The Group has a veto power in response to the appointment of the Governor of the Skyclun. However, for the appointment and dismissal of officials outside the ten prefectures in Jiangnan, the Group should be consistent with Xuan Weng. ’

'Zhao Hao'

'On the 8th day of June in the third year of Longqing. ’

For the same thing, after writing three different articles, Ma Xianglan put down her pen, expanded her chest, put the three manuscripts into the clip, and walked briskly to the outside room to find Gongzi to review.

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Zhao Hao had just returned from Gao Jie's injury, and he had the strength to put his foot on Qiaoqiao's leg and ask her to give medicine to his toes.

Qiaoqiao carefully applied the potion to the gap between his toenails, and complained that Gao Wu did not take good care of his son.

The big brother was so sad that he was about to shed tears, and he became more and more speechless.

"I don't complain about Brother Gao, I smashed it with a big knife by myself." Zhao Hao hurriedly relieved Gao Wu and said: "Fortunately, it is a knife handle that is smashed on the foot, if it is the other end, at least cut two toes." ”

"How long will Childe stay with that old man to go crazy?" Qiaoqiao shed tears, from Beijing to Xinzheng 1,500 miles, Zhao Hao, who she was serving, was white and tender, and he came to Gaojiazhuang for three days, and he was tanned into black soil oil.

"Almost." Zhao Hao smiled happily: "This is not hurting, how can you train?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and said in their hearts that Gongzi would not deliberately cheat in order to avoid training, right? Of course, no one dares to ask this.

At this time, Ma Xianglan came from the study, and when she saw Zhao Hao's appearance, she was naturally distressed again.

Seeing Sister Ma's crying appearance, Zhao Hao hurriedly took the clip from her hand, diverted Ma Xianglan's attention and said, "Come, I'll see how it is written." ”

Sister Ma really couldn't take care of the distress, and pulled the corner of her skirt a little crampedly: "The slave family is not very used to these two styles, especially the first one, I feel that this time I wrote too much vernacular." ”

"It's good to talk in the vernacular, it just wants everyone to understand." Zhao Hao was very satisfied after reading it and said: "Not bad, yes, send it back directly." ”

Qiaoqiao looked enviously at Secretary Ma and had the identity of a reporter again, and said that it was good to be knowledgeable......

"Yes." Ma Xianglan breathed a sigh of relief, took back the three letterheads, took out two translated ciphertexts from the clip, handed them to Zhao Hao, and said, "Childe, I just received the urgent report." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Hao took it and took a look, only to see that it was a message sent by Jiang Xueying from Suzhou, reporting the outcome of the financial war with Hengtongji.

Half a month ago, Zhao Gongzi had already received a report from Hengtongji for maliciously running on the Xuzhou branch of Jiangnan Bank. However, he was not too worried, he had already established a defense system for Jiangnan Bank that was ahead of the times, and arranged for elite soldiers to sit in the rear, and there was no big difference between himself and his absence.

The only thing he cared about was whether he could kill Narauszi Hengtong Ji in one fell swoop.

On the secret letter, Jiang Xueying told him that with the help of Pan Zhongcheng, Jiangnan Bank transported the 7.5 million taels of silver stored in Linqing in advance to Xuzhou and successfully survived the run.

At the same time, in order to retaliate against Hengtongji, she announced that all depositors of Hengtongji could give three times the interest if they transferred their silver to Jiangnan Bank within five days.

As a result, within three days, Hengtongji in Wuxi, Songjiang, Jiaxing and other places were successively closed by a run. It turned out that their silver had been embezzled by Song Xiaoming and deposited in Jiangnan Bank as a position to attack the Xuzhou branch.

Hengtongji Starry Night from the Huai'an base camp mobilized silver ships to go south, but it coincided with the Yangtze River sailors performing in the waters of Guazhou, and they could not go south for a while.

At this time, all Hengtongji in Jiangnan had to close down one after another.

Seeing that Hengtongji was going to rely on his own silver, the angry depositors surrounded Hengtongji's money bank, grabbed the shopkeeper and forced them to pay back, otherwise they would burn the store and arrest them to see the official!

The run plan conceived by the shopkeeper of Song Dynasty was perfectly staged in Jiangnan. It's just that the one who was recruited became his own Hengtongji.

The government had to come out to mediate, and finally, under the mediation of Cai Guoxi and others, Hengtongji borrowed 5 million taels from Jiangnan Bank to settle with depositors. As a price, Hengtongji not only had to pay high interest on the loan to Jiangnan Bank, but also had to close the branch of Hengtongji south of the Yangtze River after settling all debts, and was never allowed to set foot in the ten prefectures of Jiangnan.

For the shopkeeper of Song University, Jiang Xueying's conditions were not only extremely humiliating, but also very fatal!

Jiangnan is the economic center of the Ming Dynasty, if the ticket of Hengtong Ji can not be passed in Hangjiahu in Susongchang Town, Yangzhou Taiping should be passed in Tianfu, then which other business will be used? In addition to the Cao Yun system, who else will keep the money in Hengtongji?

What's worse is that in the future, with the rise of shipping, water transportation will not be the only choice for north-south freight. It's time for the Caoyun Yamen to beg those merchants not to abandon the canal and run to the sea. What else is there to ask them to have to take the account from Hengtong?

With Song Xiaoming's eyes, of course, he can understand how seriously this seemingly fair condition will cause to Hengtongji.

But if he doesn't agree, dozens of Hengtongji in Jiangnan will be seized by the government at the same time, and all the shopkeepers and courtiers will have to eat in prison.

Moreover, the general number of Jiangbei also bears unlimited joint and several liability, and the government in Jiangnan will definitely ask the Nanjing Household Department and the Criminal Department to seize Jiangbei's Hengtongji and arrest him, the big treasurer.

Although the other party may not succeed, but the trouble will arise, and Hengtongji in Jiangbei and even Shandong and Beijing will also break out an unstoppable run tide. He and Hengtongji will soon be a dead end!

Between quick death and slow death, of course, the latter is chosen......

After all, as long as you live, there is still hope for a turnaround. Maybe Jiangnan Group suddenly died, and Hengtong remembered that he would come back to life?

So Song Xiaoming agreed bitterly. The strong man broke his wrist to keep the Hengtong Ji north of the Yangtze River.

ps. The first update of the three consecutive changes, asking for a monthly pass!!