Chapter 544 Wang Luo's actions

Last night, after seeing Wan Shouqi, Wang Luo's heart was already settled.

Although he still didn't have time to leave the city for temporary refuge, Wan Shouqi had already sent the messenger before he returned, and he knew that Mr. Gu would definitely have a way to persuade the army to take countermeasures, and Ma Jinbao's trick would not succeed.

As soon as he calmed down, he thought that he could not sit still, but should try to be active in the city

Wang Luo is not an arrogant person, he naturally understands that with his own energy, he is actually just trying to win over some merchants in the city, act at the opportunity, and try to destroy Ma Jinbao's conspiracy.

Among them, he mainly focused on the rice merchants in the city, as well as some of the leading figures of the salt merchant guild, these people have many families under their hands, and they are very appealing, if they succeed, they can get twice the result with half the effort.

As a grain merchant on the surface, Wang Luo naturally joined the Rice Chamber of Commerce, although in the guild, he is only a medium businessman, but because he often participates in deliberations, he is also generous and generous, but he is quite well-connected.

In addition, because they are actually smuggler salt dealers, they inevitably make friends with many salt industry peers.

Although there is no righteousness in the eyes of the profiteers, Wang Luo knows that the foundation of the Tartars in Yangzhou is still shallow, and among the many business tycoons, there are still some people who miss the old mountains and rivers of their homeland.

Usually, when dealing with them, Wang slightly appeared, although many of them resented the corruption and incompetence of the Ming government, they seemed to hate the cruel Tartars more, and always revealed their unwillingness to be slaves of the country

However, he is very sober, most of these people are just empty talkers, and many generous words are just complaints after tea and drinking, and they must not be entrusted with their lives in times of crisis.

However, Wang Luo still feels that it is worth a try, whether it is successful or not, it is better than doing nothing.

Moreover, his confidence lies in the fact that as long as Ma Jinbao's conspiracy is made public, no matter from which angle, everyone will inevitably be resentful, and the possibility of a counterattack is not small

In addition, if things go well, he also plans to rebel against some of the forces in the city, focusing on the local Zhuang squad in Yangzhou and some Cao Yun soldiers.

The composition of the personnel of these two is local to the hometown, especially the people of the Zhuang class, almost all of them are ordinary people who have been temporarily recruited, how can they really work for the Tartars.

Even those Cao soldiers, most of them are from Yangzhou Prefecture, at most they are only from the suburbs, and most of their families and friends are in the city or suburbs, so they dare not do things.

Moreover, after the influx of a large number of green camp guest troops, these horses have actually been reduced to the margins, not only can the supply of food and salary not be guaranteed, but also have been bullied by the strong guest army, and the contradictions between each other are very deep.

Once Ma Jinbao set fire, Yangzhou City was destroyed, and the houses and property of these people would also be destroyed

The channels for rebellion have been laid down a long time ago.

Because of the relationship between secretly selling illicit salt, in normal times, they have to be perfunctory to all kinds of immortals, and the people in the yamen are very familiar, and they also have some contacts with the officers and soldiers of various outposts.

However, in contrast, these people are less trustworthy than the merchants, and they must not act rashly when the time comes.

Everyone knows that these people have always been incorruptible and shameless, and they have no faith at all, and they are so touching and righteous in person that they even swear to gamble and curse to stick a knife in their friends' ribs, and they will not frown when they turn around

Therefore, Wang thought about it again and again, and decided to go to the meeting of the Rice Chamber of Commerce first.

After the Tartars occupied the two Huai, they followed the salt system of the Ming Dynasty, but the salt system of this period was very different from the official salt introduction in the early Ming Dynasty.

However, as the main salt-producing area, half of the Yangzhou Prefecture is uncultivable tidal flats, and a large amount of rice grain must be purchased from other places, which makes the local rice industry also have considerable influence, and the head of the rice industry will even be able to compete with the big salt merchants in some aspects.

In this way, Yangzhou's salt merchants and rice shops are both big businesses, and the two sides naturally form a relationship of mutual restraint and mutual cooperation.

Wang Luo thought about it, only by saying that the rice guild was moved, could it be possible to further lobby the salt merchant bosses

Listening to the sound of guns outside the city, Wang Luo knew that today's war was over, but he didn't know what the battle was like.

After a while, Ah Quan, the young man who was sent out to inquire about the news, came back, and when he heard the news that the Tartars had been defeated in the west of the city and returned, Wang Luo was even more confident.

He knew that Mr. Gu's business would definitely be done, and then, it was up to him.

Without further ado, the sky was slightly dark, and Wang Luo took Ah Quan out of the door

The surname of the Mihang Chamber of Commerce is Cheng, who is over sixty years old, and he is a leading figure in the business community of Yangzhou City.

However, these days he was worried about the siege of the city, and today it is even more gunfire, and he was terrified all day, although he sat in the inner room and did not leave the house, but he frequently sent his men to inquire around

After Wang Luo suddenly came to the door and expressed his concern that the officers and soldiers would not be able to fight in a bad situation and that Yangzhou might be burned, Cheng Hui immediately understood what he meant.

This kind of understanding is not only common among merchants, but also among the gentry in the city.

The defense of the city in the medieval society, and the support of the gentry in the city, were crucial.

They not only control a large number of social and material resources, but also have a great right to speak, in the mobilization of the people is very effective, in the late Ming Dynasty, the official army in Liaodong several difficult and dangerous defense of the city can finally hold on, the local gentry are vigorous.

But on the other hand, if there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and the enemy has the intention of secretly surrendering, these people will soon secretly communicate with the enemy in order to save their lives and lives, and even make a move to surrender the city

Recently, this wave of counteroffensive of the Ming army has been huge, although they have been the obedient people of the Tartars for several years, the gentry in the city are naturally shaken, and they are reluctant to accompany the Tartars to the funeral.

In the past, they all knew all kinds of legends about this gang of thieves, and they were known as the name of leniency and severity, and they never angered the people at the city that could surrender in time, and they were not guilty of any crimes.

However, if there is fierce resistance, although the city will not be slaughtered and plundered after the city is broken, the gentry in charge will have no good end

You are right in this matter,

Cheng Hui said in a low voice, the old man also thinks so, the people of Yangzhou can't fill the gully in vain.

I just don't know

Wang Luo pretended to be cautious.

You can rest assured that

Hui narrowed his eyes slightly, and the sages in the city also understood, but

His voice was getting lower and lower to a whisper, why did the dude talk about it? Isn't it

Wang Luo was only a medium-sized businessman in the guild, and he was not a very active person in the guild on weekdays, so it was obvious that someone instructed him to talk to him about such a topic suddenly.

precisely

Wang Luo knew that if he didn't show some hole cards at this time, the other party would not easily believe him, so he secretly sold some salt to Jiangnan on weekdays, and had a lot of dealings with Yixing, and was quite familiar with several of the stewards

Yixing Commercial Bank, is the Ming army after the recovery of Jiangnan just opened the industry, on the surface of the business of grain, salt and silk business, in fact, mainly to help the Ming thieves to adjust the grain profit and loss, which is a well-known thing in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou, as the most important salt market in the two Huai, has a lot of rice shops that have secretly traded with Yixing in Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places.

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