The businessmen looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to the return of Hong and Fan.

Now, all eyes were on the two scholars, looking forward to saying such inspiring words as "the ban has been lifted by the imperial court."

But Lao Hong and Lao Fan played with the lid of the tea cup and bowl, and there was a sense of "I can't see you" in the space.

Fan Yongdou and Wang Dengku glanced at each other and immediately understood what the problem was.

That's right, but mortals who have lived to this age, if they don't understand anymore, they really deserve to die.

Wang Dengku's hands trembled, took out the bronzing gift slip from his arms, and respectfully held it with both hands and handed it to Lao Fan.

"Fan Xiang, this is my wish to wait...... It's not a tribute, it's a ...... for the two adults to drink tea. ”

Lao Fan didn't even turn his head, let alone raise his hand to pick it up, but glanced sideways and glanced at the gift list, and there was no movement again.

Wang Dengku was embarrassed, standing there and not advancing, nor retreating.

Fortunately, Lao Hong had the grace to say with a smile: "What you are asking for, today the official and Lord Fan have already presented it to the emperor, and the emperor has heard about it, and ......he is also anxious about it." ”

At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly became warm, and the merchants burst into tears, all of them flattered with gratitude, virtue and sin, and some showed loyalty.

Lao Hong's words changed, "It's a pity...... It's a pity. ”

Fan Yongdou's face turned white, and he asked urgently: "Dare to ask Hong Xiang, what is the pity?" ”

Lao Hong said slowly: "It's a pity that some people don't agree!" ”

At this time, all the merchants craned their necks, and Wang Dengku asked loudly, "Who?" Who dares to disobey the will of the emperor and the two prime ministers? I don't want to live anymore, do I? ”

As soon as these words came out, there were many followers.

Lao Hong smiled and said two words casually, "Uncle Wang." ”

Suddenly, there was silence.

There are quite a lot of species of Aixing Jueluo, but since the death of Dolgon in the Qing Dynasty, who else dares to openly call the uncle?

Only Prince Zheng is the only one who scorpion!

Now Prince Zheng has one hand in the clan and the other hand to liquidate...... Tsk, it can be described as powerful, who dares to provoke?

Even if someone dares to provoke them, it is definitely not these cheap businessmen.

Businessmen, look at me, I look at you, for a while, Fan Yongdou stepped forward and asked softly: "Dare to ask Hong Xiang, Prince Zheng ...... What does that mean, exactly? In all these years, I have never forgotten to honor his old man...... It stands to reason that it shouldn't be so ruthless? ”

Hong Chengchou slowly put down the teacup in his hand, sighed and said, "Although the emperor, the official and Lord Fan all empathize with your difficulties, ...... What Prince Zheng said also makes sense. ”

He ...... How so? ”

Prince Zheng said...... When the coal from the north arrived in the south, it became the raw material for smelting steel in the Jiangnan military workshop, the wood from the north became the body of the musket in the hands of the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army when it reached the south, and the saltpeter and other materials from the north were made into gunpowder when they arrived in the south...... All these will be the ...... that will fall on the heads of the officers and men of our army in the future. ”

Look, look, what does it mean to refer to a deer as a horse?

Right now, these words were obviously Fan Wencheng's squeezing of Ji'er Harang and opposing the lifting of the ban, but Hong Chengchou's mouth moved, and it was reversed.

Saying that the black is white and the dead are alive is originally Wenchen's specialty.

But the businessmen didn't know, and they didn't dare to ask for verification, so they were indignant one by one, and they "accused" Jilharang one after another.

Of course, they would never dare to be rude, but only to blame it "to a limited extent", for example, Zilharang should not have done what he did, so that he lost weight, which is not good for the country and the people...... And so on and so forth.

After these people finished their "complaints", Fan Wencheng finally raised his head and made a "closing statement": "You are all righteous businessmen...... Reasonable people have often done good deeds to solve the financial difficulties of the imperial court, and the emperor and the imperial court have seen this...... But now it is a national war, when the state affairs are the priority, the loss of a little money, compared with the century-old foundation of the imperial court, which is more important, it is not difficult to choose, right? ”

Falsehood is that if justice is wrapped, then it will be official.

It's still so hard to refute.

The businessmen looked at each other, although they did not dare to confront each other head-on, but there was absolutely no shortage of belly slander in their stomachs.

Lao Hong waved his hand and said, "Brothers, let's overcome the difficulties together......!" ”

This is an eviction order.

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others wanted to cry without tears, they looked at each other for a while, and could only bow down.

Before retreating, Wang Dengku respectfully handed over the gift slip in his hand with a sad face, not because he was heartbroken about these silver taels, but he was really unconvinced. This time, he learned to be obedient, and did not hand it to Lao Fan, but put it directly on the case.

Look, isn't that enough, you have to be smart.

It's embarrassing enough to give a gift like this, and I don't want Lao Fan to snort coldly: "It's useless, take it back!" ”

Now the scene is very ugly.

All the merchants fell silent.

Lao Hong still measured, got up and said: "My Lord Fan, as the saying goes, don't reach out and don't hit the giver...... It's good to get together and disperse. ”

When he said this, he frightened the merchants to their knees in a hurry.

Good to get together and disperse?

Which one are you going to sing?

Fan Yongdou was about to cry, "Two prime ministers, if we have done something wrong, you have to beat and scold...... Don't dare to say anything about gathering, scattering, and ....... ”

Lao Hong smiled and didn't speak, and slowly returned to his seat.

After a long time, Lao Hong saw that the effect was almost there, so he waved his hand and said, "You brothers have misunderstood, are they all your own people...... Where did you come from, what kind of gathering and scattering, I just want to think, people, the reason why they are people, you must always keep in mind the word loyalty...... Don't think about changing a big tree to enjoy the shade ...... as soon as the wind blows. ”

Fan Yongdou and other [Youyou Reading] people were drenched in cold sweat, and they repeatedly said that "Xiangye has learned a lesson".

"Go ahead." Hong Chengchou waved his hand casually.

……。

Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others didn't dare to say a word, and left Fan's mansion together.

After leaving the house, he got into the carriage and galloped for a long time before he stopped.

More than a dozen people were in a remote place, surrounded by three carriages.

"What the hell do they think?"

"Isn't it because we don't have enough gifts?"

"But that's 600,000 taels of silver!"

"Six hundred thousand...... They're afraid it's not enough to double, right? ”

At this time, Fan Yongdou said leisurely: "It may not be all because of the lack of courtesy...... I'm afraid they already know that we also gave gifts to Prince Zheng's mansion yesterday. ”

Wang Dengku said in a sullen voice: "So what...... Can't you give a gift to Prince Zheng? Besides, aren't they in a gang? ”

"This time, that time." Fan Yongdou sighed, "Didn't I hear what Hong Xiangfang said, is it Prince Zheng's proposal to lift the ban?" ”

"The devil believes it! Prince Zheng just received a big gift from us yesterday, how could he reject the proposal? ”

These words made all the merchants stunned, yes, who is doing the ghost?