"Yes, from now on, we must also be prepared to die and break the net!" The head of the Xu family said with a slight narrowing of his eyes.

The three heads of the family are not arrogant, the Ming salt government has festered for more than a hundred years, not only Suzhou has three major families, Yangzhou also has several families, followed by hundreds of other large and small businessmen Jia Haoqiang, and more than 100 officials at all levels, this is a huge chain, after hundreds of years of precipitation, implicated in a wide range of things, a bad can even shake the country, the Wanli Emperor failed to shake this chain, the current emperor may not be able to, this is the confidence of the three family owners.

In fact, there is a more important point, Yan Zheng started from the time of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and after the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, he had already festered to the point of hopelessness, and there were many flaws, which could no longer be covered up by convergence, and the Han, Wang, and Xu families also had a hint of broken jars in it.

The governor of Suzhou and the salt envoy looked ugly, but they were speechless!

Everyone was silent for a while, they all sighed slightly, glanced at each other, and there was a fierce flash in their eyes, they really had to be ready to break the net, I believe that as long as they are united, even the emperor may not dare to move them easily.

"The matter has come to this point, everyone should not hide it, our Wang family can gather two thousand six hundred dead soldiers!" Wang Dongli, the head of the Wang family, said in a deep voice.

Xu Yaotang, the head of the Xu family, pondered for a moment and said, "Our Xu family has two thousand four hundred dead soldiers!" ”

"The Han family has three thousand five hundred dead soldiers!" Han Ming, the head of the Han family, said.

"Hiss" Wang Dongli and Xu Yaotang looked sideways at the same time, the Han family actually raised so many dead soldiers than the two of them, Han Ming was really cunning and hid deep enough.

Different from the three masters, the governor of Suzhou and the salt transport envoy were shocked, and their faces were extremely ugly.

"How many men can the two adults come up with?" Xu Yaotang looked at the governor of Suzhou and the salt envoy and asked.

"The Feng family has five hundred!" The corners of his mouth twitched.

"My Xie family only has three hundred!" The governor of Suzhou said with a dark face.

The governor of Suzhou's face was very unpleasant, he never thought that among the five people, his strength was the weakest and the gap was so big, even the second-to-last salt envoy could take out nearly twice as many people as him.

In fact, this is not surprising, you know, the three major families have been operating in Suzhou for hundreds of years, with strong financial resources, and how can the governor of Suzhou and the salt transport envoy be compared with the two people who joined halfway, and the salt transport envoy controls the salt lead, although the official position is more than that of the governor of Suzhou, but the three families have been honored by the three families more than the governor of Suzhou, and after years of accumulation, the gap is naturally large.

"So our five families can come up with 8,800 dead soldiers, if we are forcing others to join some, we have at least 12,000 people to use, according to the combat effectiveness of the dead soldiers, it is not weaker than an army of 30,000 people, although the Ying Long army that came this time has 20,000, but we are not without the strength to fight. Of course, if that happens, the five of us will have to go to sea for our lives, and everyone must be prepared for the worst! Han Ming said.

Of the 12,000 dead soldiers, the three major families in Suzhou accounted for 8,000, no wonder he could become the emperor of Suzhou, controlling most of the illegal salt sales along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River for nearly a hundred years, how could it be possible without a little hard power.

If it weren't for Zhu Cihong, for the sake of insurance, he sent an army of Ying Longjun over, and it is likely that the gutter will capsize, it is conceivable that the three forces are strong, this is only Suzhou, if it is together with Yangzhou, as well as corrupt officials and businessmen and Haoqiang in other places along the coast, this force is too powerful because of the entanglement of interests, and it will really shake the country's foundation. No wonder Emperor Wanli didn't dare to shake this force easily even if he found the evidence, it was really too frightening, and Emperor Wanli didn't have much confidence.

Listening to the words of Han Ming, the head of the Han family, the other four were slightly silent, but then they all nodded in agreement, for the safety of the family, they really had to prepare for the worst.

"Early tomorrow morning, this official and the salt envoy will come to the city gate to greet the Ying Long army, and the three of you will always be vigilant, and protect the children of our two families together when necessary." The governor of Suzhou gritted his teeth and said.

The salt envoy also looked at the three heads of the family.

"Don't worry, two adults, the three of us swear by the eighteenth generation of our ancestors, once the worst happens, we will treat everyone equally, and do our best to protect the families of the two adults from being harmed in the slightest." The three of them made a serious promise, and in order to reassure people, they even moved out of their own ancestors for eighteen generations.

Early the next morning, the governor of Suzhou and the salt envoy came to the gate of Suzhou to prepare to welcome the arrival of the Fourth Army of Yinglong's army.

The governor of Suzhou and the salt envoy are extremely nervous, although the position of the commander of the Ying Long army is only three grades, the same rank as the governor, and he is also a military general, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, if this is usual, or change to a military attache of the third grade, the governor of Suzhou is too lazy to take care of it, but now it is the Ying Long army, the emperor's descendant army, every army commander is deeply trusted by the emperor, and it is very likely to have a special task that is enough to destroy them, how dare the governor of Suzhou and the salt envoy slacken.

"Brother Feng, do you think the emperor has any evidence?" Because of nervousness, there was a faint sweat on the forehead of the governor of Suzhou.

"Probably not!" The salt transport envoy was extremely uncertain, or did not dare to think in that direction at all.

"I really hope that Ying Longjun is here to garrison Suzhou, and it would be better if he didn't enter the city." The governor of Suzhou was looking forward to it, but unfortunately even he did not believe in such a reason.

Naturally, the salt transport envoy would not be naïve to think so.

"It's okay, even if Ying Longjun really came to Suzhou to clean the salt government by the emperor's holy decree, there will be no action before there is conclusive evidence, and we don't have no room for maneuver!" The salt envoy said.

The governor of Suzhou was a little relieved, yes, they are not without room for maneuver, the chain of salt industry is too big, and it is impossible for the emperor to dare to move before there is conclusive evidence, and even if there is conclusive evidence, he may not dare to move.

Fear can't solve everything, as the three major officials of the Ming Dynasty, they are reluctant to wear the black gauze hat on their heads, and when they don't reach the last moment, they are very willing to hold on to a bit of luck.

It's just that whether there will be a fluke or not, it's not up to them to decide, because at this time, Zhu Cihong, who is in the palace of Nanjing City, will not leave any luck, and will only use thunderbolts to quickly cut through the mess, if there are people who know Zhu Cihong's character very well, they must be able to faintly foresee that people are rolling all over the coast, and all those involved in Yanzheng will be baptized in blood!

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