Jishui City in the north of Ludong Road, Shimen City, the capital of Jizhou Road, Chang'an City, the old capital of the former dynasty, and Yanjing City, including the heart of the Northern Yan Dynasty, are all facing the baptism of a fierce battle. And these battles that will break out soon will also directly determine the situation and pattern north of the Huajiang River in the next hundred years or so.

Although the war situation has developed to a white-hot stage, the people of Nankang who live south of the Huajiang River have been lingering in the teahouses and wine shops, listening to those well-informed and neat-mouthed idlers, telling the story of the soldiers and armor on the north bank and the corpses all over the field.

Watching the fire from the other side is like watching a play from the other side, a bench and a pot of tea are enough to spend an afternoon; Hearing the excitement and drinking a few more colorful heads, what's there to be nervous about?

The mood of the people in the market is relaxed and happy, but Nankang's Dharma meeting and the Elder's Pavilion have already been hot! Since the fall of Luojing, in just a few days, there have been as many as six senators who have been injured by their colleagues!

"President Guan, the payment for our Huang Family Medicine Store was due a month ago; And Chairman Shen had also personally promised Huang that he would definitely fulfill the contract. When the month expires, the Council of Elders will be replaced by Your Excellency to preside over the overall situation, but the payment owed to my Huang family will be put aside and not mentioned! And yesterday, in accordance with the laws of the imperial court, the old man went to the Inspectorate to submit a petition, and you sent someone to obstruct and force the three law divisions to not accept the petition of my Huang family's firm. Today, I would like to ask you and President Guan what is the purpose of this move? ”

Today's meeting had just rung the bell, and before all the 300 senators had taken their seats, a middle-aged man with a fat body took the lead in speaking out, directly asking Guan Beidou, the acting president of the presbyterian church, who was in the top position, to ask for payment. And Guan Beidou frowned, flipped through the files piled up like a mountain in front of him, turned his head again, and listened to the black dog whisper a few words to himself, and his expression immediately became extremely gloomy:

"Senator Huang, the Council of Elders does owe 800,000 taels to Guibao for the goods unpaid; But the delay in the payment date is only a stopgap measure, and there is no intention of paying off the arrears! And I have also sent someone to inform me before, postponing the payment in March, and the principal and interest will be paid at all times, so why do you want to make trouble about this matter to the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions? ”

Huang Jing, the head of the Huang family, a great medicinal herb merchant, was angry when he heard this, took out a piece of paper and showed it around, and then slapped it heavily on the table, making a crisp sound of "bang".

"Ridiculous! Most of you have property in your family, and how can this delay of one month and five months be confused, and even the amount of interest cannot be the same...... Oh yes, it's the old man who was negligent, after all, President Guan is a cultivator outside the square, so he will understand the rules between us merchants......"

This is clearly an explanation for Guan Beidou's layman's words; But in fact, he was trying to win over the senators and instantly attack Guan Beidou, saying that he was pretending to be a "layman" who understood.

Since Nankang crossed the river and became independent, in order to completely break away from the influence of the Northern Yan, from the court to the people, it has become a different appearance; At least in terms of the court etiquette system and status hierarchy, it has been completely different. If today's incident happened in the Northern Yan Dynasty; So whether it is the prince or the grandson of Fengzi Longsun, they will definitely dare to be so disrespectful to the "first assistant prime minister" like Guan Beidou;

However, in the more advanced Nankang Dynasty, Huang Jing, as a mere senator, pointed his nose and questioned and ridiculed the head of the dynasty, at least there was no problem in legal theory. Then whether it is the Three Law Divisions, the Dharma Council, or the Elders' Pavilion, if they want to find his bad luck, they can only pick out another excuse or simply assassinate him.

But after all, everything in the world has to talk about the word "reason", and the real situation of this matter is just like what Huang Jing said. Before the start of the war, the Qilin Army, which represented Di Ting, seconded a large number of war materials such as grain, grass, ordnance, medicine, and weapons locally; But now that the deadline has arrived, less than half of the total accounts have been delivered......

And for Nankang's Shoufu Guan Beidou, he can only be scolded with his head scolded. After all, he really doesn't know how to do business, and he can't even read the account books.

Listening to the seven leaders, they were originally in charge of each other. The specific operation of the business side has always been controlled by Qilinjun and the specific implementation of the tiger; Therefore, whether it is Guan Beidou or Black Dog, they all have to learn from scratch for the doorways in the business field......

Heavenly pity, Guan Daoye and the black dog returned with the intention of gathering the remnants of the truth and sweeping Jiangbei by the way; But since he imprisoned the former president Shen Ju, he plunged into the vast sea of accounts, and he couldn't even be idle for a moment.

However, Huang Jing's gourd has not been pressed down, and the "scoop" over there has jumped up again! An elder with a copper coin pattern embroidered with gold thread on his chest took Huang Jing's words logically:

"President Guan is angry, although Brother Huang's words are not very pleasant, but according to Nankang's law, it is by no means unreasonable. Even the frosting, tea and salt requisitioned from our Liangjiang merchant group should have been settled a long time ago. It doesn't matter if we old men are hungry twice; But the offspring of the clan always have to eat and dress! ”

As soon as this person spoke, Guan Beidou calmed down; Everyone sat up straight, looking at their noses and noses, but their ears were all up.

The Lord has arrived!

If it was just Huang Jing making trouble alone, just relying on his status as a senator, Guan Beidou would casually find a reason to force the deadline for this batch of payments, it would not be a problem; But now Chen Qingtai, the leader of the Liangjiang Business Group, also echoed his words; With his weight, he can already leverage the power behind Guan Beidou.

Of course, this is not the business group of the Minjiang and Yuejiang rivers, which has recently developed considerably; It's Diting's ruling ability, which has been greatly reduced because of Song Xingzhou's death.

The cabinet of the Nankang Dynasty was the Council of Presbyterians; The presbyterian church is composed of the four major merchant groups, plus a supporting role "former royalists", and the "Di Ting" who has hands and eyes to the sky.

Wu Shang had recently been in an eventful time, and the previous leader with great skill and prestige had passed away due to illness. So right now they're in a period of recovery, which affects their voice in the Presbyterian Church. Fortunately, however, the organizational structure has not been greatly affected, and it is unlikely that within three or five years, they will be able to straighten out their own context and regain their former prosperity and unity.

And because the Su merchant group was implicated by Shen Ju, under the full suppression of Di Ting, they couldn't breathe at all. In Suzhou, the main business is to raise silkworms and weave cloth, so the sense of participation in this Huayu war is not strong, and there is not much arrears in the payment, and there is no position to speak. Therefore, since Shen Ju said that he was sick and gave way, Su Shang also maintained a silent and neutral attitude with Wu Shang.

As for the Huizhou merchants, not to mention, today's Huizhou merchant gang has long been declining, and most of the Huizhou children of this generation have changed their careers to engage in "processing business", such as restaurants, restaurants, pawn shops, carpenter shops, etc., not so much as "clan merchants", but rather "small merchants and hawkers fellow townsmen association".

The reason why Hui merchants are still able to occupy a place in the Pavilion of Elders today is only by relying on the advantage of a large number of people, coupled with the fame and gospel left by their ancestors. Moreover, in recent years, the Jin merchants have gained great momentum, although they are far away in Beiyan, but there is also gossip that they are recruited to replace the Hui merchants......

There is great power in numbers, but it is easy to be right and wrong when there are many people. The main business of Huizhou merchants is also getting smaller and more trivial; The vision and organizational structure have been changed by this separate way of operating, everyone is extremely selfish and short-sighted, and all the power is used on internal friction and infighting; No matter who puts forward any opinions or positions, there is no internal unity, and it does not matter externally.

Wu Shang was in a period of recovery, and Su Shang was also forced to lie dormant under Guan Beidou's crazy suppression; And the Hui merchants are always busy with infighting, and they have been insignificant for many years; Therefore, the point of disagreement between the Presbyterian Church today is actually the war between Di Ting and the Liangjiang Merchant Groups, and the royalists are responsible for maintaining order on the scene......

As soon as everyone saw Chen Qingtai firing at Guan Beidou, the senators who were attached to the Liangjiang business group couldn't sit still, which can really be described as revenge for injustice and revenge; actually formed a siege against Guan Beidou, the successor of Di Ting and the president of the Presbyterian Church! Even though the black dog is extraordinary, in the face of this cultural fighting event, he also has a sense of hesitation that he has nowhere to start......

Chen Qingtai, a native of Minjiang, personally created the Liangjiang Business Group, and led the children of Fujian and Guangdong to enter Jiangnan Province, and firmly occupied a place in the Nankang Dynasty. Chen Qingtai is also one of the founders of the Nankang system, and he can easily make the layman Guan Beidou dizzy

In today's Senate, Huang Jing has completed his task of taking the lead in firing; Chen Qingtai immediately added a bundle of dry firewood, and all the senators of the large and small merchant gangs rushed up to collect debts from their biggest creditor, the Council of Elders.

During the break, Guan Beidou privately ordered Chen Qingtai to stop doing things appropriately, and Chen Qingtai nodded and responded; As soon as the Senate opened in the second half, Chen Qingtai did not mention the debt issue at all; Instead, starting from the laws of Nankang, he quoted scriptures to refute Guan Beidou as an incomplete......

What interferes with the impartial law enforcement of the three law divisions, tramples on and plays with the laws of the imperial court, abuses the power of the president, and a series of big hats, flying one after another, smashing Guan Beidou dizzy, listening to the black dog full of hesitation! Until the sun sank in the west, the bell tower rang loudly, and Chen Qingtai, who had dried the last drop of saliva, finally left satisfied, and made an appointment with the Senate to fight again tomorrow!

After more than 20 years of elders, Chen Qingtai has already mastered this set of rolling melons; With the two opponents of Guan Beidou and Black Dog, after another twenty years of training, I am afraid that it will not be as energetic as half of Shen Ju!

After everyone left the table, Guan Beidou sat in his place, and after calming down for a quarter of an hour, he suddenly remembered a very important question.

In today's Senate, I haven't even said a word about it!