Chapter 63: The Crisis of the Firearms Bureau

After the affairs at home were properly handled, Zhu Shun went to Dong'anmen Inner City to see how the firearms of the Beiping Firearms General Bureau were selling.

Less than three days have passed, and the Beiping Firearms General Bureau has undergone very extreme changes, the hot scene that had just opened has disappeared, and the scene of crowding at the door vying to buy fine bird guns is gone.

There was not even a ghost shadow at the door where the two Hongyi cannons were placed, and even the several shops with good business next to it and opposite were closed.

The shopkeeper has been in a hurry for the past few days, the corners of his mouth are foaming, and the cousins kept walking around in the shop, and when they heard footsteps at the door, a group of cousins hurriedly surrounded them, piling up a smiling face.

Seeing that the person who came was Zhu Shun, the owner, they all retreated back in disappointment.

Zhu Shun walked into Dong'anmen Nei City and found that something was wrong with the Beiping Firearms Bureau, and he didn't ask, just sat on the chair of the Taishi of Zaomu and quietly drank tea.

I don't know what's going on, Zhu Shun didn't say a word of comfort.

It was there that I quietly tasted tea.

The hearts of the shopkeepers and the hallkeepers seemed to ring the bell of the mountain temple, washing away the anxiety of the past few days, and slowly calming down.

Zhu Shun put down the teacup in his hand and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Jiao, what happened." ”

Shopkeeper Jiao picked up the blue and white porcelain teapot, personally added a cup of tea to Zhu Shun, and said with some unspeakability: "Boss, don't you know, something big happened in our store." ”

"Two days ago, the firearms of our Beiping Firearms Bureau were sold like crazy, and it can be said that they are the most sought-after goods in Dong'anmen Inner City.

"But just yesterday, these young masters rushed to the store and returned all the bird guns they bought."

"After the bird guns were returned, our store was like a plague, and we almost rushed out one by one."

"These days, don't say that I went to the Beiping Firearms General Bureau to buy things, even Dong'anmen Inner City is not coming."

"This made many shopkeepers in Dong'anmen Inner City resentful of us, saying that it affected their business."

Before Shopkeeper Jiao's words were finished, the cousins came over together, rubbed their hands and said with a dry smile: "This, the owner, something happened to my hometown, I want to take leave and go home to see." ”

"Owner, I also have something to do in my hometown, and I want to go back and see."

"Me too, me too."

Zhu Shun calmly looked at the group of cousins who fell into the well and drank tea quietly.

There was only one person, the cousin who had received him at the beginning, and his face changed uncertainly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhu Shun didn't say yes, nor did he disagree, and asked calmly: "What is the monthly money of the cousins of each store." ”

Shopkeeper Jiao didn't understand what Zhu Shun meant, and replied honestly: "Basically, it is about two coins and five cents of silver, and the monthly money of the firearms bureau is the highest, three cents of silver per month." ”

Zhu Shun nodded and said calmly, "You can go." ”

These cousins learned some gossip from some people's mouths, and they were eager to leave this Beiping Firearms Bureau, which was even more terrible than the plague, but they had been working for a few days this month, and they wanted to settle the monthly money for these few days before leaving.

Standing in front of Zhu Shun one by one, they still kept rubbing their hands.

Zhu Shun knew too much about these villains who forgot their righteousness, and what they were thinking in their hearts, and called out a person's name: "Yang Bald." ”

Yang Bald is also one of the five small banners under Zhu Zhongyi, the general banner, and his position in the border army in the past was similar to that of Hu Blind, but Hu Blind was a foot army when he did not accept it at night, and Yang Bald's Tang Cavalry was a reconnaissance cavalry.

Yang Bald was not called Yang Bald before, but later when he was fighting with the Eight Banners, he was cut off his scalp by the Eight Banners Soldiers, and he could no longer grow hair, so he was ridiculed as Yang Bald.

However, Yang Bald didn't realize that the bald man was laughing, but he was proud, because that time he killed the three fierce Eight Banner soldiers with his own hands.

With his military exploits, Yang Bald climbed to the position of the general flag in the border army, just because he had a bad habit of killing good people and risking merits, and drove out of the border army.

It's just that all the good people he killed were Jurchen women and children, Mongolian women and children, and he never killed any Ming women and children.

Yang Bald had already noticed the situation here, resisted the urge to slaughter this group of villains with a knife, licked his lips, and walked over with the Yanling knife.

Just took two steps, these cousins who were used to living a stable life and didn't dare to kill chickens, where could they withstand the breath of beacon fire and wolf smoke on murderers like Yang Bald.

Immediately, the birds and beasts scattered, and they really escaped from the Beiping Firearms Bureau.

Yang Bald could only retreat depressedly, and dared to bully the master with such a good appearance, wasting Lao Tzu's feelings.

Zhu Shun looked at the only cousin who didn't leave and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The cousin was looking out of the door, obviously also having the idea of leaving here, and when he heard Zhu Shun's question, he gritted his teeth and said: "The little one's surname is Sun, he has no name, and he is the eldest in the family, and he is called Sun Da." ”

The cousin originally thought that Zhu Shun was going to reward him with silver, but after saying this, he didn't see Zhu Shun take out a penny, and walked back to the shelves dejectedly, but he was wailing in his heart: I knew that I would have left with them.

Zhu Shun's next sentence made the cousin kneel down happily and kowtow to Zhu Shun: "Shopkeeper Jiao, I think Sun Da is not bad, when he is usually fine, let him follow you to learn to settle accounts." ”

The cousin knelt on the ground with a 'plop', kowtowed his head heavily, and said happily: "Thank you for the grace of the owner." ”

Zhu Shun waved his hand and told everyone to retreat.

A person sat quietly and drank tea quietly.

Zhu Shun is a person who is so calm that he is terrifying, according to his past director, a natural strategic scientist.

No matter what happens, you can always peel back the cocoon bit by bit from the intricate mystery, and finally find a solution.

Zhu Shun slowly closed his eyes and tapped his fingers on the tabletop.

First, there is such a big contrast between the front and back of the Beiping Firearms Bureau, and there must be someone behind the manipulation of the direction of public opinion in the capital.

Second, there are only three people who can have such great energy, one is the Donglin Party, one is the Jin merchants, and the other is the famous people in the capital.

These three parties represent the bureaucracy, the squire, and the clear stream.

Third, being able to mobilize such a large network in a short period of time made the powerful young masters in the entire capital afraid of the Beiping Firearms General Bureau.

The answer is very obvious, only the Donglin Party, which controls the government.

The excuse used is also very simple: those who possess firearms without permission will be killed.

And with the character of those Donglin parties who regard party strife as commonplace and are intriguing all the time, they should have been thinking about how to impeach themselves for the past two days.

What a behemoth the Donglin Party was in the Ming Dynasty, even if it was an official who had been up and down in the Huan Sea for many years, he would have collapsed long ago when he learned that everyone in the Donglin Party was targeting him.

Zhu Shun opened his eyes, but he smiled.

"I hope you don't keep me waiting."