In fact, Liu Juntao has long intended to go south to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, relying on the strong strength of Yushan Town, as well as the sought-after goods produced by various workshops, the old economic foundation in all parts of the Jiangnan has been completely destroyed, and then he began to build an "asset" economic base!

However, Liu Juntao first led the army north to participate in the war, and at the same time, Yushan Town did not have the capital to confront many bigwigs in the south of the Yangtze River, and later focused on the rectification of various affairs in Yushan Town, such as casting artillery, adjusting personnel, recruiting soldiers, etc., and did not have the energy to carry out this feat.

Who would have thought that those big guys in Nan Zhili were used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and they actually bullied Liu Juntao's head, and it just so happened that Yushan Town at this time was sitting on 70 million taels, which can be described as abundant money and food, and Liu Juntao had the truth to go south again, just to take those big guys of Nan Zhili who don't know the height of the sky!

As long as Nanzhili is taken, then the big merchants, Haoqiang, and gentry of the rest of the Jiangnan provinces will be frightened, and the merchants of Yushan Town and Shandong will only need a few years to monopolize the commerce of the entire Jiangnan.

Of course, if the businessmen in Jiangnan are willing to cooperate with Yushan Town, then Liu Juntao doesn't mind pulling them, after all, expanding vested interest groups and strengthening their own strength can build a new economic foundation for the Ming Dynasty with half the effort, why not?

Liu Juntao took the opportunity to clear the old businessmen in Nanzhili, and established a new industrial workshop system with Shandong businessmen, in order to establish a new industrial and commercial system in Shandong, Jiangnan and other provinces in the next step, so that the "assets" of the Ming Dynasty can break out in the shortest possible time, and Liu Juntao, who holds a strong army, is the vanguard of this force!

So, Liu Juntao gave a death order to the Investigation Department: within a month, all the details of the eleven Nanzhili bigwigs will be known, and the art of war is cloudy: knowing oneself and knowing the other side will win all battles.

Before Liu Juntao starts, he must first understand the strength and weakness of these big guys, and then he can start the operation in a targeted manner!

Liu Zi'an also knew what was going on, so he personally supervised the formation, and asked Liu Shang, the director of the Investigation Department, to take a group of experts from the Fangji Division to immediately go south to Nanzhili, and began to carry out comprehensive monitoring and investigation of the eleven Nanzhili bigwigs.

After Liu Shang, the secretary of the market, set off to the south with his subordinates, Liu Zi'an also went south to Xuzhou with the direct subordinates of the exploration department, and settled down in Qulipu, taking this place as a "frontier position" and keeping in touch with Liu Shang, the secretary of the market, at any time.

In Liu Juntao's words: This action against the big guy of Nanzhili seems to be a dispute over money, but it is the beginning of my Yushan Town, and even the whole of Huaxia to reshape the golden body, I can't pay too much attention to it! As long as many bigwigs in Nanzhili are defeated, and the merchants from Yushan Town and Shandong can go south to the provinces south of the Yangtze River unimpeded, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Investigation will have a big victory, which is no less than a big victory in the defense of Beijing!

More than ten days have passed, and Liu Juntao's words are still lingering in Liu Zi'an's ears, making his heart seem to burn with a raging flame, and he can't wait to immediately find out all the details of the eleven Nanzhili bigwigs!

And Tang Yu is also full of energy, using all the strength of the Ministry of Commerce, on the one hand, contacting all parties and preparing to act together, while mobilizing money, food, and manpower, to make comprehensive preparations for the south of the Yangtze River, just wait for the exploration department to complete the task, the Ministry of Commerce can carry out targeted actions!

Twenty days later, the city of Nanjing.

In a teahouse near the Xuanwu Gate, two gorgeously dressed men are drinking tea, and on the table in front of the two, a pot of tea and three dishes of fruit are very exquisite.

However, although these two people are gorgeously dressed, they look like outsiders, wealthy businessmen, or masters of a large family, but their eyes are extremely sharp, their bodies are also strong and powerful, and there is a smell of blood all over their bodies.

After a while, I saw a ragged beggar running over and knelt down in front of the two men: "The two masters are good, the little one hasn't eaten for several days, please ask the two masters to reward some food!" ”

After saying that, the beggar kept kowtowing.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper next to him ran over to drive away the beggar: "Where did you come from, bastard, come here to ask for food, hurry up!" Don't spoil the good interest of the two masters! ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper was going to drag the beggar.

At this time, two men in brocade clothes spoke out to dissuade them, and one of them even said: "Isn't it just a little food?" What's the hurry, just give him some! ”

"Yes! Be! ”

The shopkeeper catered to him and said, "The master is right! The little ones go get some leftovers and leftovers. ”

A man in brocade waved his hand and said, "No need, we can't finish eating anyway, just give him some, you go get busy!" ”

The shopkeeper complimented a few more words such as: great good people, good deeds and virtues, and walked away.

The man who had just spoken took a few pieces of bread from the table, handed them to the beggar, and said, "Eat!" After eating, it's good to hit the road! ”

The beggar took the cake, kowtowed to the two men, and said, "The little one is leaving, and I wish the two old men a prosperous future!" ”

After saying that, the beggar left the teahouse, turned around and disappeared into the crowded street.

In the middle of the night, the streets were quiet, and there was no one to be seen on the streets, except for the guards and the officials who patrolled the city.

But at this moment, in a small alley around the Confucius Temple in Nanjing City, a black shadow flashed like a ghost and jumped straight into the alley.

It didn't take long for the dark shadow to stop at the end of the alley, it was a dead end, there was no one around, and it was very silent.

The black shadow looked around, and saw that there were already three men waiting here in the dark cul-de-sac.

"Did you bring anything?"

The black shadow took out a fire fold, blew it carefully, and a faint fire light came out, and this black shadow was the beggar in the teahouse during the day.

I saw that the beggar nodded and said in a low voice: "My lord, this thing was obtained by the brothers with a lot of effort, and two brothers were discovered by those big guys and were killed!" ”

A man said fiercely: "You go back and tell Liu Sicheng: Take the brothers to hold on a little longer, and report any movement of those miscellaneous pieces immediately!" ”

"Don't worry, sir!"

Another man also said in a cold tone: "Tell Liu Sicheng and the brothers that the minister is in Xuzhou, and the head town is also watching us!" It won't be long before the town will make a move, and when the time comes, none of these miscellaneous pieces will be able to escape, and the brothers' revenge will be avenged immediately! ”

"Rest assured! The little one is going to report to Si Cheng! ”

With that, the beggar extinguished the fire, and in an instant disappeared into the night.

At this time, the three men looked at each other, and one of the leaders said: "There is still more than an hour before the sky is bright, the three of us hurry up and memorize this information, each of us will carry a part, tomorrow morning we will go out of the city separately, three days later in Qulipu convergence, together to report to the minister!" ”

The other two also nodded heavily.

Then, by the faint light of the moon, the three of them opened the information in this dead end.

Three days later, Liu Zi'an, who had been in Xuzhou Qulipu for nearly a month, finally received the long-awaited information, and three of his subordinates who rushed back from Nanjing City all the way north rushed into Qulipu and came to the Xuzhou Military Bureau here.

Liu Zi'an looked at the three servants who looked like beggars, and laughed and said, "Haha! Got the information? ”

"Minister Qiqi! Here you go! ”

Then, a man at the head briefly explained the whole story.

Liu Zi'an was also furious when he heard this, and said: "Those miscellaneous people will pay for what they have done!" ”

After speaking, Liu Zi'an arranged for the three men to rest, and then he changed his clothes, and led a team of subordinates to leave Qulipu immediately, and everyone rode straight to Yanzhou City.