Zhou Yuanzhao and other businessmen entered the school one after another, and under the guidance of the Tiger Benjun, they bypassed Minglun Hall and passed through a moon gate to a very luxurious backyard.

The layout of the backyard is very ingenious, looking at the pavilions and pavilions, and the rockery landscape pavilions are scattered.

The change of scenery makes people feel refreshed.

However, these merchants did not have the heart to enjoy the scenery of the garden, and most of them hung their hearts, worried that His Majesty the Emperor would take a knife on them.

Walking along the cobblestone path, you will find a bamboo forest.

Although the area of the bamboo forest is not large, the design is extremely ingenious, and you can't see the edge from any angle.

Everyone walked through the bamboo forest and was faced by a pond.

On the north side of the pond is a two-story bamboo building, flanked by a group of Tiger Ben soldiers.

Zhou Yuanzhao swallowed a mouthful of foam and forced himself to calm down.

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Now that he has gone to the banquet, it is naturally impossible to find a reason to run away.

Leave it to fate.

Everyone was led to the bamboo building, searched again and entered the bamboo building one by one.

The space in this bamboo building is huge, not to mention dozens of people, even hundreds of people can accommodate it.

Zhou Yuanzhao and the others went upstairs one after another, and found a man dressed in a scarlet gown and wearing a black gauze winged crown sitting opposite them.

This should be the Ming Emperor, right?

"Grass people Zhou Yuanzhao greets Your Majesty."

Zhou Yuanzhao took a deep breath, pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to bow down.

He buried his head tightly under his arms, his ass pouted high, and his posture was indeed sufficient.

The rest of the businessmen also did the same, kneeling down and kowtowing one after another.

Zhu Youlang was sitting by the window and drinking by himself, and at this moment he put down the wine glass and raised his hand slightly and said, "Let's be even." ”

"Come, give me a seat."

Although Zhu Youlang held a banquet here, the seats of the merchants were not prepared at the beginning.

It wasn't until the moment when Zhu Youlang opened his mouth to give a seat that the forbidden soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army moved the chairs out.

Such a hint could not be more obvious, it is telling the merchants to recognize their own identity.

Zhou Yuanzhao and the others sat down cautiously, their buttocks only touched the small half of the chair, their whole bodies shrunk, and their heads hung down and they didn't dare to look at them.

After all, there were strong armorers all around, and they were afraid that they would be taken down if they made a mistake.

"I am holding a banquet here today to invite the wealthy businessmen and magnates in Yangzhou City to talk about what a family and country are."

As soon as Zhu Youlang opened his mouth, Zhou Yuanzhao and the others were frightened.

What is home?

Is that what they can comment on as well?

No matter how you look at it, this is a question that a supreme saint like His Majesty the Emperor should consider.

No matter how bad it is, it is also a matter for the princes and nobles, and the prime ministers and elders to consider.

Let them answer, what kind of fuss is this?

"Zhou Yuanwai, you are the richest man in Yangzhou, you can talk about it."

Zhu Youlang seemed to be smiling, and directly named him.

Zhou Yuanzhao was shocked.

Sure enough, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and His Majesty the Emperor is an old yin and yang.

The richest man in Yangzhou? Compared with the Son of Heaven, what is the richest man in Yangzhou?

The more His Majesty the Emperor said this, the more empty Zhou Yuanzhao's heart became.

Is this determined to cut him?

"Back to Your Majesty, Xiao Lao'er feels that the so-called family and country and the world are one. Each small family makes up a country, each family is the country, and the country is the family. ”

Zhu Youlang stroked his palm and said, "That's good... But what if some small families have selfish intentions and only want to make profits for the small family and ignore the interests of the court? ”

Zhou Yuanzhao was overjoyed and then shocked, how could His Majesty the Emperor gasp for breath when he spoke, it was simply terrifying.

"Uh... Your Majesty, the grass people feel that this kind of person is a cancer scum, and they should be killed by the law of the country to set an example. ”

Zhu Youlang seemed to be very satisfied with Zhou Yuanzhao's attitude, and bowed slightly: "Let's play music." ”

The musicians, who had been waiting in the house for a long time, began to play.

For a while, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras resounded in the bamboo building, but the businessmen were in no mood to appreciate it.

They have been ordered like this by the emperor, how can they not hear the sound outside the strings.

It's beating them.

In front of everyone there are a few hot dishes and a few cold dishes.

But few people use chopsticks.

Seeing this, Zhu Youlang was a little dissatisfied and said, "What, do you think that my wine and food are not to your taste?" Well, it turns out that I don't eat as well as you guys. ”

These words can be described as murderous.

Zhu Youlang was not angry and arrogant, but after such a point, all the businessmen couldn't sit still.

They fell to their knees one after another, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins." ”

"What? Are you guilty? That's not what I said. ”

Zhu Youlang took a piece of lotus root and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

After a long time, he continued: "Zhou Yuanwai, you come to tell them on their behalf, what are your crimes?" ”

Zhou Yuanzhao was under great pressure, and he was even more panicked when Zhu Youlang asked him this.

If it weren't for the greed for life and fear of death, he really wanted to hit his head on this pillar at this moment.

"Your Majesty, we have a small fortune but we don't dare to scatter it to fund the righteous to resist the captives, this is a big crime."

Zhou Yuanzhao's mind was racing rapidly, and he finally thought of a crime that was not light or serious.

"Is it just that you don't dare to resist?"

Zhu Youlang didn't seem to intend to expose it, but gradually accentuated his tone: "I heard that He Yuanwai has been doing business with the captive army. If I am not mistaken, the military uniform of the Yangzhou captive army was provided by He Yuanwai, right? ”

He Yuanwai in Zhu Youlang's mouth is He Sancai, and he relied on his relationship with the prefect Wen Mu'an to get the list of Yangzhou Green Camp military uniforms.

Relying on this order alone, He Sancai earned no less than 100,000 taels, which can be described as a lot of money.

Hearing Zhu Youlang's roll call, He Sancai kowtowed like pounding garlic and said: "The grass people are wronged, the grass people are wronged." ”

Zhu Youlang sneered and said, "Wronged? Are you saying I'm framing you? ”

"Ah, the grass people don't dare, the grass people don't dare."

He Sancai kowtowed desperately, and after a while, blood oozed from his forehead.

"You are not only responsible for providing military uniforms to the captives, but also cotton clothes and armor. With so many single businesses, you should have made a lot of money, right? ”

Zhu Youlang had already figured out the situation, and at this moment, he directly pointed out the showdown and said: "You are clearly treasonous." As a Han Chinese, not to mention scattering all his wealth and killing captives, at least he should not do business with the Tartars and help them fight the Ming Dynasty. You are so mad that you still have the face to come to the feast and listen to my music? Come on, drag this thing with no king and no father, wolf-hearted dog lungs out and cut it down! ”

Zhu Youlang does not exert force, and if he exerts force, it will be a thunderous force.

He Sancai was frightened, and desperately begged for mercy: "Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life." ”

But where did the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army care about this, the two of them dragged him out one left and one right.

"Your Majesty listens to the grass people's explanations, listen to the grass people's explanations."

He Sancai struggled desperately, but to no avail, and was dragged off the bamboo building alive.

The businessmen looked at each other, and they didn't even dare to come out.

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