There are a lot of fat sheep in Yangzhou City. If you want to say who is a fat sheep, it must be those salt merchants.

An invitation card not only invited the eight general merchants of the General Association of Salt Merchants, but also invited more than 140 salt merchants of all sizes. The reason why everyone gives face so much is because it is not other people who are invited today, but Ge joins the army, and he holds a banquet in Zuixian Mansion because he received an order from the prince and is about to leave Yangzhou with the army. Therefore, a banquet was specially set up for Yangzhou salt merchants, and they donated a lot of silver.

Ah!

Finally gone!

When the invitation was received, all the salt merchants of all sizes breathed a sigh of relief, especially the eight major merchants, who were knocked out of five million taels of silver!

It's really painful to spend this money!

Originally, they still had all kinds of thoughts and had been in arrears, but when the news came out that the prince conquered Liaodong, annihilated the Jiannu under the city of Nanjing, and sank Abatai in Zhenjiang, they all sent the silver to the barracks one by one.

Well, now, though, it's all over.

This master is finally leaving!

No, he's long gone!

Now it's Ge Shizhen and Lu Yuxiao, and they're all leaving.

It's good, it's good!

It's better to go and never come back. Even if you have money, you can't afford to toss them like this.

In terms of the environment, of course, it is not as good as the salt merchants' painting boats, but if it is about the scale, the scale of the painting boat is definitely not as good as here. It's not just enough to accommodate a hundred or two hundred people together. There is even a stage to perform. So Ge Shizhen specially invited the music troupe to stage an opera in the lobby of the Drunken Immortal Building, uh, it was a big song. However, compared to the painting boat, it is still more than one grade behind. But the salt merchants were in a good mood.

You can be in a bad mood!

The one who asked for the silver is finally gone!

Delicacies, wines, and wine servants, between the cups, everyone seemed to be a little drunk, and when the wine was strong, Ge Shizhen stood up, holding the wine glass in his hand, and said to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since I entered Yangzhou with the prince of the world, I am really grateful for your hospitality......

When Ge Shizhen thanked him, Zheng Yuanxun, Qiu Yilin, Tian Chengyuan and others all said one after another.

"Ge is polite to join the army!"

"It is our duty to join the army politely and donate food, so why should we ......be polite when we join the army?"

"I still have to thank you for this after all!"

When the sudden voice came, Zheng Yuanxun and the others were all stunned, this voice was...... It sounds familiar.

Then someone walked into the lobby, and Zheng Yuanxun, who originally seemed to be drunk, saw the comer, and immediately opened his eyes and said.

"Yikes! Lord Shizi! ”

"It's the prince!"

Although everyone longed for him to go far away from this master who played cards according to common sense, after seeing him, they were surprised, and they all pretended to be surprised, lest they provoke him to be jealous.

To put it bluntly, the big guy is really afraid of him!

A while ago, they even quietly sent their most beautiful maid concubine to other places, lest this prince who spent time in the Hidden Garden get a word from someone and sent troops to the house to rob people.

He can't do anything!

Later, although they knew that robbing the people's girls was just a cover-up, they still felt that it was right to be careful in their hearts, after all, this master said that "if you don't give money, you won't be a prostitute", and robbed Qin Huai's famous prostitutes Liu Ruis and Li Shiniang's master.

"When did the prince come to Yangzhou, I said before, I can go out of the city to greet you."

"Yes, yes, the prince should be informed, and I will go out of the city to greet me, so that the gentry of Yangzhou can see the style of the prince......"

For a while, there was a lot of sycophancy.

Although they can't wait to go far now, it doesn't prevent them from patting their ass.

Sycophants, they're professional in this matter.

In this regard, Zhu Guoqiang just smiled.

"I didn't tell anyone before I came to Yangzhou, including Ge to join the army!"

No one knew that he had returned to Yangzhou, and of course, no one could have known. Even Ge Shizhen and the others were the same, when he arrived at the barracks after leaving the Hidden Garden, they were also full of surprise.

"I'm worried that if someone gets the news, the evidence will be destroyed, am I right?"

Turning his gaze to Qiu Yilin, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"Shi, Shiziye, what does this mean, small, the villain doesn't understand!"

Qiu Yilin was suddenly shocked in his heart. He said with sincere fear.

What's going on?

Could it be that the matter has been revealed?

No, it can't be!

Not many people know.

"Don't understand? Then tell me where Abatai's ship came from! ”

When questioning loudly, Zhu Guoqiang glanced coldly at everyone in the hall, and then asked sharply.

"Tell me where the salt boat that Abatai crossed the river came from? Who gave them the salt boat! Come on! Let's talk about it! ”

In an instant, the air in the hall became cold, and everyone who was still slightly drunk woke up, and most of them were dazed.

However, there were still more than a dozen people who looked at the prefect of Yangzhou, the salt patrol and others who were sitting in a panic, and they all looked at each other, and they didn't dare to speak.

Who doesn't know that this master is the master who dares to kill!

He looks so aggressive now, he probably wants to kill someone!

"Zhang Xiaoyi, don't look at it, no one can save you today, your Zhang family in Puzhou, but you have been a Ming auxiliary minister, in this chaos, you don't want to serve the country, but collude with Jiannu, it's really hateful! If I don't kill you, how can I be angry! ”

Belch!

In an instant, Zhang Xiaoyi felt as if someone was choking his neck, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't speak for a long time. Finally came back to his senses, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Shi, Shiziye, I, I am willing to donate money to help the army, beg, beg Shiziye to spare my life!"

"It's too late!"

Staring at the dozen or so salt merchants in the hall, they were all Jin salt merchants, the original Zhu Guoqiang only thought that colluding with Jiannu was just Fan Yongdou and others, but he never thought that even these salt merchants in Yangzhou were the same, no wonder these salt merchants said that they were salt merchants, but in fact they were also engaged in the sale of grain, cloth and other goods, and they always had business dealings with Fan Yongdou and them.

It's just business dealings, but they actually sent a boat to Jiannu at the most critical time, which allowed Jiannu to cross the Yangtze River and arrive in Nanjing, and their hands were stained with the blood of the soldiers who died under the city of Nanjing!

"Now that I know that I regret it, what did I do earlier!"

glanced at him, Zhu Guoqiang couldn't recognize him, and killed him now.

"Shiziye, small, the villain didn't know it at the beginning, it's all, it's all Qiu Yilin, Qiu Yilin came forward to implicate it, the boat, the boat was also borrowed by him......"

Zhang Xiaoyi hurriedly excused himself, and the other dozen or so Jin salt merchants all pushed the blame to Qiu Yilin, at this time, in order to protect themselves, what kind of favor did they take care of, and the most important thing was to live.

"Lord Shizi, Qiu Yilin also collected military information and provided it to Jiannu, it was him, he did it!"

For a while, Qiu Yilin, who became the target of everyone, had no intention of justifying at all. The defense in front of this master is simply looking for death.

Since this master has set up such a bureau, then it must be for the purpose of killing.

No, you have to escape!

His eyes looked out of the door of the Drunken Immortal Tower, and anyone could see what he wanted to do.

Seeing this, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"Qiu Yilin, don't think crookedly, you know, why did I come to Yangzhou quietly?"

Staring at Qiu Yilin, Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"For you scum, just now when you and I were talking, the soldiers and horses under my command had already entered the Qiu family and began to raid the house!"

What the!

Raid the house!

Qiu Yilin looked at him in horror. What did he say?

At this moment, he was really stunned. He wanted to show me a lot of possibilities, but he didn't expect this to be the result.

Raiding the house, doesn't this mean that everything is gone?

What is it for all the hard work and taking so many risks?

"You, why are you raiding the house?"

Qiu Yilin said in horror.

"Why are you a traitor? With your collusion to build slaves, that's all! ”

After saying this, Zhu Guoqiang stared at the others and said.

"And you, none of them can escape!"