"Bang...... Bang...... Bangbang ......"

"It's dry...... Beware of the ...... candles."

A low and hoarse voice sounded in the streets and alleys of Hangzhou Mansion, it was the voice of the watchman.

The east archway is the rich gathering area in the city of Hangzhou, most of the people who live here are not rich or expensive, so they are relatively quiet here on weekdays, but tonight the flow of people in the east archway is more, a sedan chair quietly came to the Yuanqing Hutong located in the west of the east archway and stopped, the sedan curtain was opened, and then someone came out of the sedan chair and walked into the courtyard gate that had already been opened.

In the backyard of a spacious mansion, dozens of famous gentry of Hangzhou Mansion gathered together, more than 20 candles as thick as children's arms illuminated the lobby, and the squire surnamed Peng, who served as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, sat on the first seat, and a middle-aged businessman was complaining to him.

"Qingshan Gong, Yang Feng's visit to Hangzhou this time can be said to be a bad one, what should we do?"

"Five million taels of silver, this amount of silver is not a small amount, such a large amount of silver is enough for us to form a fleet of ten ships to the sea."

"That's right, we can't cheapen the one surnamed Yang for nothing."

After the middle-aged businessman finished speaking, the surrounding gentry clamored.

The squire surnamed Peng is named Peng Shouli, who has been serving for more than 20 years, and he has already become one of the leaders of the business community in Hangzhou. ”

"This ......"

When he asked this, everyone couldn't help but get stuck.

Peng Shouli glanced at everyone, "I think that Yang Feng is coming with a large army, unstoppable, we are just a businessman, how to fight against tens of thousands of elite soldiers, so discussing here is just to make people laugh." ”

When he said this, everyone was dumbfounded, and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.

Only the first merchant to speak said indignantly: "Is it possible to let the wanton blackmail of that surnamed Yang fail us?" ”

Someone said sadly and indignantly: "People are swords, I am fish and meat, what can I do?" ”

Looking at the indignant and unwilling looks in everyone's eyes, Peng Shouli felt that the time had come, and said slowly on the side: "Not really, in fact, there is a way." ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up: "Oh, what's the best plan, Qingshan Gong also ask to come quickly!" ”

Peng Shouli smiled slightly, picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table and shook it in front of everyone, and said to everyone: "Do you see it, this is the cigarette sold by the Daming Royal Commercial Bank, and a box costs one or two silver." It is estimated that the cost of this box of cigarettes is no more than 30 Wen at most, so when you think about it, the profit in it is really amazing. ”

Seeing the cigarette in Peng Shouli's hand, everyone was silent, and over the years, the Ming royal business house has penetrated more and more into all corners of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of cigarette that is convenient for smoking is also one of them.

Since the Wanli period, tobacco from the Americas began to be introduced into the Ming Dynasty, after nearly half a century, it has begun to spread in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty generally smokes dry tobacco.

The disadvantage of dry tobacco is that it is not beautiful and inconvenient to carry, and the taste is relatively strong, which is also the reason why tobacco has not become popular in wealthy households on a large scale.

However, since the introduction of this exquisite cigarette by the Ming Royal Commercial House, the situation has been completely different, and the cigarette has soon become popular among the wealthy people of the Ming Dynasty, and in just a few years, those merchants are embarrassed to talk about business if they do not scatter a few cigarettes when they meet each other.

And the price of these cigarettes is also quite flexible, the cheap ones are only a dozen big sons, and the expensive ones have to be two or three dollars or even one or two silver, I heard that the most expensive cigarettes are even sold for more than a dozen taels, but generally speaking, that kind of cigarettes are tribute, and ordinary people can't see them at all, so don't mention buying, like Peng Shouli's cigarettes are now the best they can buy on the market.

Now when everyone heard Peng Shouli say that the cost of this box of cigarettes was only a dozen yuan, many people thought about it carefully, and their breathing became a little short, and the cost of more than ten yuan was sold at the price of one or two silver, what a huge profit.

Noticing the changes in everyone, Peng Shouli said slowly: "Not only cigarettes, but also those mirrors, white sugar, brown sugar, refined salt, and all kinds of delicate things sold in the Ming Royal Commercial House, which one of them does not have several times or even dozens of times the profit, don't you want to?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was not only short of breath, but also showed a greedy look in their eyes.

Someone shouted on the spot: "Qingshan Gong, don't hang our appetite when you are old, just tell us what we should do, right?" ”

"Yes, Qingshan Gong, you are the pillar of our Hangzhou Mansion, just say something, we don't disagree."

Seeing the opportunity coming, Peng Shouli's wrinkled old face showed a hint of ruthlessness, "As the saying goes, a small non-gentleman is not a poisonous husband, originally Yang Feng led troops to help and drove away the thieves for us, the people of our Hangzhou Mansion are indeed very grateful to him, even if he doesn't say it, the filial piety we give him will not be in short supply, but who made him too greedy, since this is the case, don't blame us for being ruthless, we have to find a chance to give him ......"

After that, Peng Shouli stretched out his hand and made a gesture of cutting his neck.

Seeing Peng Shouli's movements, everyone's hearts were excited and scared.

You must know that Yang Feng is the Duke of Xinguo of the Ming Dynasty, and he has a heavy army, if such a person is killed in Hangzhou Mansion, what monstrous waves will be set off? I'm afraid that none of the people present will be able to get out, right?

As if knowing the worries in everyone's hearts, Peng Shouli said slowly: "The old man knows what you are worried about, please relax, since the old man dares to put it forward, he already has a perfect plan."

Besides, what if Yang Feng is so powerful, as long as he dies, all authority will disappear, who do you think will stand up for him in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty? ”

"Huh...... yes......"

Everyone took a closer look and felt that Peng Shouli's words were very reasonable.

Don't look at Yang Feng's current power, but that is only based on his own strong strength and military power, as long as he dies, the Jiangning army under his command will be torn apart, and it will definitely be divided by various forces in the imperial court at that time.

It's hard to say how many of his subordinates will really avenge him, and more importantly, his children are now less than three years old, in other words, as long as he dies, no one will be able to reassemble his subordinates, which is what makes them the most excited.

Someone else asked: "Qingshan Gong, what you said is certainly reasonable, but Yang Feng has always been cowered in the barracks, almost never going out, even if he occasionally goes out, he is all heavily guarded, how do we start?" ”

"Hehe......"

Peng Shouli sneered.

"If you are a human being, you have a weakness, then Yang Feng's biggest weakness is lustful, just by virtue of this, we can get him out of the barracks, and then we can start, Yang Feng must die!"