Compared with the various major events that have occurred in Hangzhou in recent times, the death of Qi Yuankang, the return of Li Tianyan, and the conflict on Pingchang Street, as a businessman, the Lou family should be regarded as another system that has not been involved.

Although it is already one of the largest businessmen in the city, on the table where power is really involved, the Lou family is only a corner after all, and it is not paid attention to by too many people. But for the slightly middle-level power in Hangzhou City, it is now a behemoth with tentacles involving all aspects, of course, because it has only recently infiltrated the entire system, there is no need to give him too many positions in the power wrestling in all aspects, this seemingly huge potential force is actually alienated from the people in Fangla Chaotang.

This is not surprising, throughout the ages, this is the state of the merchant class, the Wu Dynasty, and the Yongle Dynasty. Compared with the past, the Lou family is now at least one of the largest imperial merchants in the Yongle Dynasty, of course, the current prospects of the Yongle Dynasty are really the most worrying problem, in the end, the Lou family is making or losing, or has to be classified on this issue.

As far as the Lou family is concerned, more than half of the reasons why they stayed in Hangzhou to join Fang La were because they had no choice but to do so. But there are also some rational considerations that are close to the building. At that time, the Lou family already had a little dislike with Qian Xiwen and others, the businessman's family, which was already sensitive, left Hangzhou, Qian Xiwen and others had an officialdom relationship, whether it was to other places or back to Hangzhou, they could make a comeback, but the Lou family's property was in Hangzhou, leaving here, the foundation he had saved over the years was nothing.

In any case, Lou Jinlin was unwilling to accept this result, and the foundation that had been in business for half his life was ruined. What's more, the Lou family was already targeted by Fang Qifo at that time, and it was unrealistic to want to leave. After Hangzhou was occupied, Lou Jinlin had a period of confusion, but soon, he also showed the heroic nature that he had worked hard all the way. Try to carve out a wider and more stable road for the Lou family in the days to come.

It is not his character to simply keep to himself or sit back and wait for death, so that the Lou family simply becomes the number one merchant of the Yongle Dynasty or waiting for the court to go south to break Hangzhou and be arrested, it is not the future that Lou Jinlin wants to choose. For this fifty-something. There is still the shrewdness and ability to seize every opportunity and expand the benefits of reality in his body, and the flame of development is still burning in his body.

It is not possible to simply be a merchant and rely on others, even if the Yongle Dynasty can withstand the offensive of the imperial court and open up a big situation after that. He is no longer satisfied with the goal of becoming the number one businessman. At this time, the situation is chaotic and chaotic, the Lou family is rich, and with the support of Fang Qifo, they also have the power not to be bound by most of the forces, and at this time in Hangzhou City, the most practical road is placed in front of them.

For more than a month, the Lou family began to try to recruit troops. Expand your own force.

Fangla itself is the nature of an uprising and rebellion, although the city of Hangzhou has been established as the capital, but the dragon and snake are mixed. The army gathers, the soldiers can't help fighting, and if they want to pull a group of people here to have their own power, in principle, it is allowed. However, at this time, the various forces in the city have also become saturated, and there are really people who want to get a piece of the pie in various benefits and grab food from others, but after all, they can't grab those who have been eating with Fang La's side from the beginning.

The Lou family does not belong to this case, he has money and food, and he has a lot of business to do. It is reasonable for the family to hire a nursing home and a thug for business, and they can afford to support themselves, but now, there is no limit to the number of people. If this war taught the Lou family anything, it may be that the weapon must be grasped in his own hands. Of course. Even with such awareness and convenience, everything should not be overdone, and if he showed his ambition to take charge of the army from the beginning, he would definitely be killed halfway. …,

Lou Jinlin is a calm person, and there are difficulties on the road, but these difficulties are actually not big for him. Although a group of mud-legged people who have risen up are not fools, they can't compare to an old fox like him in all kinds of micro-operations. After deciding to do something, he purchased a large number of sophisticated weapons, a small number of military horses, recruited family members, extended the nursing home, and recruited some martial arts people who had real materials but were missed, and for more than a month, he maintained the operation of various materials in the city, and at the same time extended his own strength and strength tentacles.

During this period, of course, there will be some problems, such as the Lou family can afford to raise people, but it is impossible to raise an army after all. There are also many victims in Hangzhou at the moment, so he can recruit 12,000 people who can't afford to eat, but what is the use of not having barracks and training grounds? Under such circumstances, Lou Jinlin is more concerned about supporting some small street forces, such as small groups of one or twenty people, small gangs of twenty or thirty people, and all kinds of gangsters who eat on the streets near Lou's house. In more than a month, the Lou family has recruited nearly 200 nurses, and the amount of power under external control is several times that of this number.

Of course, these people don't have much real combat power to speak of, and in the old days you could say that this was already a big gang, but it was still very early to say that it was an army. But even so, now, some of the leaders of the rebel army who did not take the Lou family seriously in the past no longer dare to provoke the Lou family easily.

In the past, as one of the businessmen designated by Fang Qifo, although he would not be too troubled in Hangzhou City, there were still many people who stung the Lou family like leeches and ate mixed rice. As long as there are a hundred and ten generals around, they dare to come to the Lou family to eat and drink and collect protection money, even if the Lou family takes refuge in Bao Daoyi, they have not reined in, because everyone knows that Bao Daoyi is impossible to stand up for the Lou family for this kind of thing, everyone is a brother, your family has a big business, people come to divide it, and they didn't smash your family, what is there to say, but he is a businessman.

In the past, the Lou family treated these people well, and they were never rude, and now they are all like this. But as time went by, although the Lou family had not done anything to stand up outside, the number of such people became less and less. For people in the upper echelons such as Bao Daoyi, the Lou family has not changed anything, but it has developed normally, but for some middle- and lower-level leaders and generals, they can still keenly feel the strength and momentum of the Lou family's continuous expansion.

"That Lou family, it's not easy to mess with now......"

After dinner, these generals who did not take the identity of the Lou family as a merchant in their eyes inevitably made such an exclamation. This also proves that the strength of the Lou family has quietly swelled to the point where it is enough to be compared with these people.

But the identity of a businessman will still make people participate in an underestimated consideration in such an evaluation. Others thought that when the strength of the Lou family entered the middle and lower levels, the Lou family was actually quietly dividing and winning over some leaders with about 100 or dozens of people under them.

Don't say anything else. The Lou family's material and economic ability are enough for him to control some of the inferior power after he has the strength. Under the rotation operation of Lou Lin, there are now two such powerful forces, during which the leader is willing to take refuge in the Lou family after losing the struggle for power with others. Such a situation is for the building near. It means that a few steps in the early stage of the development of the potential force have been steadily stepped out.

"It's going to take a while to be able to speak among these people. Next, explore the wind of Tang Bingzhang, he himself is working under Qi Yuankang, although there is no accident this time, but the impact must be great......"...,

In the morning, in the study of the main house of the Lou family. Lou Lin was talking to his eldest son, Lou Shuwang, about expansion. There is no need to recruit the Lou family's nursing home, there are not many experienced veterans under him, and it is the most affordable choice to envelop this kind of force. With a few more groups of people taking refuge, the Lou family will really be on the table and become one of the middle-level forces in Hangzhou. And because of Fang Qifo's original protection, Lou Jinlin is also sure that the Lou family's position will not be too excluded, at most it makes people feel a little opportunistic and take advantage of the situation. However, once you have the strength, who can really be unhappy with your own family?

“…… This piece of Hangzhou is temporarily on schedule. And so it goes. It is the back road of the west and the south, you have to prepare early, and after a few months...... "turned the wrench on his hand, Lou Lin said this, and was slightly silent, the white hair on his head was uneven, but he was neatly combed, his eyes were sharp, and his spirit was still full, still full of lion-like momentum. Although he was anxious about what Hangzhou would become in a few months. But there was still a way back, and of course, it was another thing that came to mind soon after that made him a little dull.

"By the way, how is your brother doing?"

Compared with the eldest son Lou Shuwang, Lou Jinlin's heart is actually more beloved by the youngest son Lou Shuheng. Earlier, the city of Hangzhou was broken. Lou Shuheng was depressed in his heart, but Lou Lin had his eldest son as a helper anyway, and it was understandable that the impact on his younger son's heart was understandable, so he let him rest for the time being. But if you keep hanging your son to this extent, it will be a little too much. Lou Jinlin hopes that his youngest son will know more about the affairs of the family, especially when the Lou family has experienced such changes, he can give full play to his talents, and in the future, this family business can also be handed over to him more at ease.

He didn't have the idea of bias in handing over all the family business to Lou Shuheng in his heart, the relationship between the two sons is actually not bad, but the eldest son is talented, and each of them will share half of the family property in the future, the eldest son is getting bigger and bigger, and the second son's family will inevitably have disagreements. This is naturally also the mood of hating iron and not steel. Lou Shuwang also arched his hand.

"The younger brother has been very diligent in visiting recently, but he has found some wrong people, and he has not been able to inquire about the situation he wants to find out. However, he knows more and more people, and he believes that he will soon be able to finish what he wants to do and come back. ”

Lou Jinlin sighed: "You know those things about him, right?" ”

"The child knows that he has some thoughts about the Miss Su family, but what he cares about the most is probably Ning Yi's humiliation of him at the beginning. The child of Ning Yi's situation now also knows that as he told his father before, the child did not take the initiative to help the younger brother this time, but hoped that he could take the initiative to do this, which also has a special meaning for him. ”

Lou Jinlin waved his hand disapplausively, frowned and was silent for a moment, and finally said: "It's okay for the eldest husband to take revenge, but he must have a wide vision, and Ning Yi also remembers it as a father, but in this situation, what else is there to remember!" Our Lou family is now encountering such changes, once it passes, the whole of Hangzhou ...... The competition between the Yongle Dynasty and the Wu Dynasty has the participation of my Lou family. The little things at the beginning were pinched to death like insects...... Alas, that's it, you can watch it now. After the thing is done, let Shuheng get back to business. What about Shu Wan, how is she doing? ”

Hearing his father ask about his sister-in-law, Lou Shuwang's expression was a little complicated: "Actually...... The little sister has something to do with that Ning Yi......"

"Huh?"

Lou Jinlin frowned, and Lou Shuwang said that the little sister probably had a good impression of Ning Yi: "In my opinion, this Ning Yi has some skills, and he is also a person who knows how to take advantage of the situation. At the beginning, as a son-in-law, he was very low-key, and when he interacted with literati, he was polite. When he was in the Naha Sword Camp, he pretended to be heroic and generous. With the current status of my Lou family, it is beneficial for him to deliberately approach the little sister here, but the little sister can't actually control him......"...,

He finished his opinion. In fact, Lou Shuwang has been busy with things recently, although he is a little concerned about Ning Yi. After all, it was with a feeling of overlooking, a person fell in the bandit camp like this, and even Li Tianyou was hostile to him, he tried his best to survive, no matter how well he did, in the eyes of Lou Shuwang, it was just a good performance.

Lou Shuwang didn't care about Ning Yi, his younger brother and sister were implicated in him. After all, what he cares about is just his younger brothers and sisters, such an outsider, he doesn't care if he is dead or alive or alive. In a sense. If the little sister can really live well with him or just be happy as before, and get rid of the person after the last time, he can also persuade the little brother to raise his noble hand and enlighten him, but the little sister can't control such a person after all, and the little brother wants to vent in his heart, then he can only die.

Lou Jinlin could naturally understand what he meant, thought for a moment, and said to him: "You have to take care of this matter." Lou Shuwang nodded, indicating that he knew the truth.

After talking to my father. At noon that day, I went to Sijizhai to eat with Bao Daoyi and others. He's just a foil, in fact, he doesn't speak much, in recent days, he has also heard that Bao Daoyi and the Badao Battalion have a conflict over the matter of women, and there has been friction in the past few days. He didn't care about this matter, and the Lou family protected Bao Daoyi. But the foundation is the Fang Qi Buddha, and all kinds of materials in the city still need the Lou family to turn over, and others can't beat the Lou family, but the Lou family can wait and see what happens, and after some time, they can also get their own interests in such a political struggle.

But by accident, I saw Ning Yi and the maid Xiaochan sitting downstairs eating.

During the meal, the serious topic was naturally just a little bit, and then joked about it. Lou Shuwang knew that Bao Daoyi liked all kinds of women, and led the topic up, Bao Daoyi also smiled and talked about the benefits of all kinds of women, when the guests and hosts were happy, Lou Shuwang pointed to Xiaochan downstairs and asked Bao Daoyi's opinion, Bao Daoyi really had some skills, twisted his beard and glanced at it, and said with a smile that it was a maid who was trained very well by a large family, and was recently accepted by the man next to him, which was the most charming time.

With such a question, Lou Shuwang's purpose has been achieved, he knows Bao Daoyi's hobby, and a woman like Xiaochan is what he likes, at this time, with him asking like this, maybe someone will kidnap Xiaochan later. This is also a difficult problem for Ning Yi.

However, Bao Daoyi has been busy fighting recently, and there are many girls in the family who are having fun. This time, I finally didn't do anything to Xiaochan.

Lou Shuwang did this casually, and he didn't care too much, and then Bao Daoyi caught it or not, of course, it didn't matter. If something happens, he can see how his younger brother responds before he makes a move on Ning Yi, and even if he doesn't see it, Ning Yi's life is lost, and there are many things he has to do next, and this kind of small problem will not take up too much of his time.

Next, two days later, he heard that Lou Shuheng had recently seen a woman at a poetry meeting, and he was fascinated by her poetry and demeanor. However, when he found his little brother at noon that day, Lou Shuheng's progress startled him.

It was in a small restaurant near Pingchang Street, Lou Shuheng sat on it with a few family members, he was looking for Ning Yi's traces everywhere in the city these days, but he found the wrong relationship, and he never got too much information about Ning Yi, and at this time the beard on his face had come out, and he looked unkempt. But when my brother came up, he shook his two fingers upright, very excited. …,

"Do you know who I found? Big brother, do you know who I found? ”

"Who?"

"You can't guess...... Hehe, you can't guess...... Lou Shuwang looked at the scene downstairs suspiciously, not knowing why. Lou Shuheng laughed for a long time, stood up and walked around, rubbing his hands together excitedly, and nervously lowered his voice: "It's Su Tan'er...... It's Su Tan'er...... I found Ning Yi the day before yesterday, and then ...... Then I asked someone to find a way to spy on him, and yesterday I found out that he actually came this way, you know what I saw...... Ha Luha, it's Su Tan'er, she's so powerful, Ning Yi was trapped here, she actually sneaked back to Hangzhou quietly with a batch of fabrics. Isn't it? It's amazing, haha...... She came back, she actually ran back for that Ning Yi, it's amazing...... This woman ......"

Lou Shuheng laughed so much that he almost burst into tears, Lou Shuwang frowned and looked at his younger brother who was a little too excited, and for a moment, Lou Shuheng stopped his hand dancing in his brother's gaze, took a breath, and his expression converged like a student stared at by a teacher.

"I'm going to keep her." He raised his right index finger and emphasized it, and after a while, the finger shook it vigorously again, revealing a smile, "She's leaving tonight, but...... I'm going to keep her...... Ha Lu Ha ...... Ha...... When Juan'er arrived at the Badao Camp, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon, and it was dark early, which was close to evening. The elites in the Badao battalion went out and quietly went from different directions to Bao Daoyi, who had been predetermined before, and distributed one stronghold in the city, as one of the leaders of the matter, Ning Yi, Liu Xigua, Liu Tiannan and others had just left Xiliu Street. Receiving Juan'er was Xiaochan, who had just learned that she was going to be sent away, her eyes were still red, and she was hiding in the kitchen alone crying...... rq