A convoy belonging to the Liang Chamber of Commerce, carrying glass costing 5,000 yuan equal coins set off from Guangzhou City, all the way to the north, out of the People's Army-ruled area and stopped in Linwu County, Huguang, and was bought by the Zhang Chamber of Commerce for 47,000 taels of silver, and the Zhang Chamber of Commerce's convoy carried this batch of glass to Wuchang City.

Wuchang City is only a point in the transportation of this batch of glass, there will only be less than one-tenth of the glass will be unloaded in Wuchang City, most of the glass will continue to be transported to the north, and finally a quarter of the glass will be transported to the capital, and it will be sold out in a few days, bringing a total of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, but in the end the income belonging to the Zhang Chamber of Commerce is only about one-tenth.

Soon, the convoy entered Wuchang City, and in addition to unloading a small part of the glass, along with the convoy came a letter written by Liang Xin to Zhang Qing.

Zhang Qing opened the letter, and the more he looked at it, the more silent he became.

The content of the letter is simple and related to the war between the People's Army and the Ming Court.

Seeing the movements of the People's Army or the Ming Army, many people in the Ming court and the People's Army were able to guess that the war would break out soon, and the war would have a great impact on the glass business.

Liang Xin's letter to Zhang Qing said that Liang Xin felt that the war was about to break out next spring, and Liang Xin believed that the People's Army would win this war, and it was very likely that Huguang would be occupied by the People's Army, and he gave Zhang Qing two suggestions as a partner.

The first suggestion was to let Zhang Qing move to the north, as far away as possible; The second suggestion is to let Zhang Qing stay in Wuchang City, if Zhang Qing or Zhang Qing's subordinates have bullied the people, quickly spend money to solve it, this solution is not to kill people, but to spend money to forgive the bullied people, so that after the People's Army occupies Huguang, Zhang Qing's family is likely to save their lives.

In the letter, Liang Xin suggested that Zhang Qing stay in Wuchang City, Liang Xin thought that the Ming Court could no longer stop the People's Army, maybe a year, maybe a few years, the People's Army could destroy the Ming Court, Zhang Qing could not escape the People's Army no matter how far he ran, it was better to join the People's Army earlier.

After reading Liang Xin's letter, Zhang Qing burned the letter as soon as possible, if it accidentally flowed out, it would be easy to be labeled as a collaborator, and directly raid the family and punish the nine clans, Zhang Qing's glass business made a lot of money, and there were no longer a few people who were interested in this glass business, if Zhang Qing died, they would be very happy.

Turning the letter into ashes, Zhang Qing fell into thought, judging from the movements of the Ming army, Zhang Qing knew that the war would break out soon, and when the time came, a million Ming troops would attack the area ruled by the People's Army and wipe out the People's Army.

Yes, Zhang Qing is more inclined to the victory of the Ming army in this war, a million Ming army, such a huge number, no matter how strong the people's army is, it will not be the opponent of a million Ming army.

But Liang Xin's letter made Zhang Qing hesitate a little in his heart, Liang Xin firmly believed that the People's Army would win the war, Zhang Qing did not think that Liang Xin would deceive himself, Liang Xin was in the People's Army's ruling area, and knew the strength of the People's Army better than Zhang Qing.

Thinking that the Ming court sent a large army to attack the People's Army but was defeated by the People's Army, it was normal for Zhang Qing to hesitate a little in his heart.

Because of Liang Xin's letter, Zhang Qing thought about it for several days, and finally made a decision, he divided all the wealth of the Zhang family into five, one in the capital, one in Jinling City, and the remaining three were left and buried in the ground.

The Zhang family has houses in the capital and Jinling City, Zhang Qing is ready to let the eldest son and the second son go to the capital and Jinling City with a wealth respectively, and he will continue to stay in Wuchang City with a large family, the so-called three caves of cunning rabbits.

The Zhang family will not bully the people, but Zhang Qing's subordinates have bullied the people, and Zhang Qing is ready to spend money to solve these things and ask for peace of mind.

Just like what Liang Xin said in his letter, if the People's Army really defeats the million Ming Army, then the Ming Court will be destroyed by the People's Army sooner or later, and no matter how far he escapes, he will eventually be caught up and blocked by the People's Army, and in the war-torn area, Zhang Qing's wealth is not of great use, but it is easy to cause prying eyes.

In this case, Zhang Qing stayed in Wuchang City, the Ming army won better, if the People's Army wins, Zhang Qing's family is very likely to save their lives, even if the Ming army defeats the People's Army in the future, the eldest son and the second son are in the field, the Zhang family can still be passed on from generation to generation.

In the face of the war, not only Zhang Qing, but also the wealthy gentry and businessmen in Huguang, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Fujian were all making preparations, and everyone could see that the battlefield was in these four places plus Guangdong, and the closer to Guangdong, the more dangerous it became, so they took refuge in places far away from Guangdong, leaving Huguang, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Fujian first, and then going back when the war was over.

In fact, many wealthy businessmen bought real estate in other places in case of emergency, and those with a lot of wealth even bought real estate in Jinling and Beijing.

Knowing that the Ming army was going to mobilize a million troops to encircle and suppress the people's army, the gentry and businessmen felt that the Ming army had a great chance of winning, but they did not dare to be completely assured, because the Ming court had been defeated in the previous war with the people's army, and no one could say that the people's army would still win this war.

If the People's Army wins, they may be dying, and they basically know that most of the gentry and merchants in the People's Army-ruled areas have been raided.

The gentry and businessmen temporarily moved to other places, which is also the main reason why the Zhang Chamber of Commerce only left a small part of the glass in Wuchang City, and the middle and upper class people are the main people who buy glass mirrors and transparent glass, and the people are gone, and they can't sell much glass in Huguang at all, so they can only send most of the glass to be sold farther away.

Fortunately, at the price of today's glass, there is no worry about selling, all sent to the capital, and it can be sold out in a few days, there are too many rich people in the capital, and the wealth of the Zhang family has increased a lot through the glass business, but it is not ranked at all in the capital.

Liang Xin wrote a letter to the cooperation to give advice, and many businessmen in the People's Army-ruled areas also made similar moves, everyone is a partner, and the previous cooperation was very good, and I don't want to see the partner die.

However, almost none of their partners wrote to them, and the people living in the areas ruled by the People's Army were all people of the People's Army, and if the Ming Army destroyed the People's Army, these people would be criminals, and they would either die or be reduced to coolies or sent to the border gates, and the end would be as miserable as possible.

Big businessmen like Liang Xin, Jiang Ci, and Xia Jingshan, once they were blocked by the Ming army, they would rob all their wealth regardless of whether they had a background or not, and the whole family would not want to live.

Wealth can make people enjoy a better life, but in the face of war, no matter how much wealth you have, it is a flash in the pan.