In the back room of the Liu family's mansion, more than ten relatives of the Liu family, young and old, quietly gathered in the house, and they did not dare to make a sound.

The servants of the family were placed in the outer room, and the head of Liu Dewang's family gave a death order, not allowing them to make a little noise, which was quieter than the Liu family.

"I blame you, I have already advised you, let you do things not rashly, don't be greedy, look at it now, what can we do next!"

Liu Feng sat at the head of the bed, protecting the three children beside him, and complained with a sad face, although his tone was light, he would be able to hear Liu Dewang clearly.

"Shut up!"

Liu Dewang impatiently lowered his voice and rebuked: "What's the use of talking about this now? How do I know that this king of the South China Sea suddenly turned around, so that no one buys the silk we produce now! ”

Liu Dewang didn't regret that he was too ambitious, and after earning too much sweetness in the front, he became too bold later, so he insisted on finding the owner of Shen's money bank, borrowed 10,000 taels of silver from his own real estate, and expanded a hundred looms.

Who would have thought that the world is so unpredictable, a moment ago it was a beautiful scene of prosperity and bustle, but in the blink of an eye, it was a depression when people went to the empty building.

The shops of Hongmen Qixintang and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce disappeared one after another, and the government strictly investigated and cracked down on all forces related to Hongmen, and even did not hesitate to harm the innocent to carry out investigations.

All of a sudden, those blonde and blue-eyed Western merchants disappeared without a trace, and there were very few strangely dressed Dongyu visitors and Ryukyu maritime merchants, and finally Liu Dewang's own weaving factory finally produced a large amount of silk because there was no buyer, and hoarded in his own warehouse.

"There's no way, you mothers clean up the softness of the house, go back to your parents' house and hide for a while!"

Angry is angry, and after being angry, Liu Dewang also said to his wife and children dejectedly.

"What about you? What are you going to do when we're gone? ”

When Liu Fengshi heard this, he asked worriedly, it is also a one-day husband and wife, and the family relationship between the two of them for many years is not fake.

"I stayed to solve these troubles at home, a big man always has to have some responsibility, right? Deal with the trouble you cause! ”

"Daddy, it's really not good, let's give them all these properties, as long as you're here, we at least have hope!"

complained before, but in the end, he was still defeated by worrying about her husband's safety, Liu Fengshi gritted his teeth and said a solution that he was most unwilling to face.

"You can take the children out to avoid it with peace of mind, I have my own sense of responsibility for the affairs of the family!"

Liu Dewang glared at Liu Feng.

"Five Blessings!"

"Sir!"

"You go open the door and invite a few guests outside into the hall to wait!"

"Yes!"

"Luofu!"

"Master, here you are!"

"After all the people outside enter the house, you accompany your wife and them to the back door of our house and send them to Feng's house for a while!"

"Yes!"

Such scenes not only occur in Suzhou Prefecture, but also in the prosperous commercial areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which abound and countless.

The blockade of the port did not only affect them, but also the merchants, factory owners, because a large amount of land in the south of the Yangtze River changed its use, from grain production to mulberry and hemp land, so that the original land of fish and rice now needs to transport grain from other places.

In today's Jiangnan area, there are two areas of grain procurement channels, one is the gradually developed Huguang land, which gradually replaced the name of the land of fish and rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and has become the veritable granary of the Ming Dynasty; The other piece is from Dayuan Island and Lusong Islands controlled by Hongmen.

The area of Dayuan Island and Luzon Islands may not seem large, but the population of Hongmen itself is not very large, coupled with the various high-yield crops and advanced manure irrigation technology promoted by the agricultural department of Hongmen, as well as the suitable climate of these two places, Hongmen has also become an important grain production base.

In the past, people naturally did not have to worry too much, because the original farmers because of the high rent and tax, they have changed their occupations and become workers, everyone relied on working in factories and workshops, or selling coolies at the docks, etc., they can also make money to support their families.

However, with the unveiling of Hongmen and the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty, an extremely important grain channel in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was decided, resulting in the Huguang grain transported to Jiangsu and Zhejiang suddenly had no competitors.

Anyone who does business must know what they will do when such a business opportunity is presented in front of them, right?

That's right, the rice store, a merchant specializing in Huguang grain, suddenly almost doubled the price of grain, and the coarse and fine grain, which originally only needed one tael of silver and one stone, now costs one or two or eight yuan.

The increase in the cost of living is not insurmountable, as long as everyone's work is still there, a few families can always persevere. However, with the goods produced by the factory owners unbought, and a large backlog, the factory owners faced this situation, and all they could do was to find sales channels, and the only way they could do was to stop work and close down.

You don't even have the money to buy raw materials, what are you going to do to start work?

In the Ming Dynasty of this era, there was no such thing as dismissal subsidies, and the factory owners wanted to open a worker, which was just a matter of one sentence, and there was no aftermath at all.

Without a job and no land, even if some savings can endure for a while, but seeing that the grain jars at home are gradually bottoming out, and the broken silver money hidden under the bed is getting less and less, the despair in the hearts of the Baixin people arises spontaneously.

A man-made economic crisis is brewing, and some people are already beginning to notice it, while others are still ignorant and ignorant of it.

"My lord, something is wrong with the situation in the city right now."

Nan Zhuyuan, the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, Chongzhen was born with Jinshi for ten years, and now he has finally climbed to the position of today's prefect, and the hardships are not enough for outsiders.

On this day, he took a rare break in the mansion, but Han Jin, the master of Shaoxing beside him, stepped forward in a big way and said sadly.

"What's going on again? Do you want to let the old man rest and rest? ”

With the identity of the same jinshi, the backer behind him is not tough, and there is no Austrian aid in the family, Nam so Yuan knows that his officialdom career can climb to the point where he is now, and he can already be regarded as a good manager.

What kind of place is Suzhou Mansion, it is the land of Shangfu that receives 200,000 stones, in which commerce and trade are developed, and it is rich in silk, cotton and linen, and can be an official here, but it is the blessing that his southern family has cultivated for several lifetimes.

Of course, Nam so Won has his own ability, but there is also no lack of strong support from his backers, and he has already made his own Quartet at any cost.

Now that he has finally secured the position of the prefect of Suzhou Prefecture, taking advantage of the opportunity of two years left in Beijing, Nan Zhuyuan's first thought is to enjoy the status brought by the current power, as well as to loot the local area to make up for his losses along the way, and to provide the worship of the old man above.

"My lord, there is a word from the history of the torture room, saying that more than a dozen weaving factories in the private sector have recently shown signs of closure."

The master truthfully reported the news of the feedback below.

"If you go out of business, you will go out of business, and there are more weaving factories that have closed down this year, aren't there more weaving factories being built?"

To tell the truth, Nam so Won can't say that he doesn't have the ability, otherwise he wouldn't have climbed to his current position, but now it seems that at least his economic sense is really poor, and he has regarded these things very little until now.

This is also a common problem of most Confucian literati in the Ming Dynasty, who put more energy into the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Eight Shares are right, and there are only a handful of people who are really familiar with counting in the officialdom.

In addition, the cultural atmosphere itself is to despise miscellaneous studies, so now Nam Suyuan can almost be said to be at the official level of the current dynasty for the problems of private business below

"My lord, that's a mistake!"

Master Han Jin hurriedly defended: "The closure of these dozen manufacturing factories alone has brought hundreds of workers unemployed, and they have no source of livelihood, and now they have become a hidden danger in our Suzhou City." ”

"What's the big deal if you don't have a job?"

Nam so Won was puzzled.

"Then there must be a factory workshop to recruit people!"

Han Jin smiled bitterly and continued to answer: "After listening to the reaction of the Torture Chamber's Classics, the villain personally went to the factories and workshops outside the city yesterday yesterday, and only then did he find that the situation was far more serious than what the Classics and History reflected!" ”

"Oh?"

"Liu's Weaving Factory, adults must be familiar with it, right?"

In order to be more convincing, Han Jin proposed an object that Nam so Won had an impression of for comparison.

"Which Liu? Is it the Su embroidery family? ”

Nam so Won thought for a moment, and then asked suspiciously.

"Exactly!"

Han Jin nodded.

"When the Liu's Weaving Factory opened, I still gave their lion dance the eye, how could I forget it!"

With Han Jin's reminder, Nan Zhuyuan quickly recalled Liu Dewang's voice and appearance, and then reacted after thinking of the previous conversation, and asked in surprise: "In this closed weaving factory, there is their Liu Weaving Factory?" ”

"Yes."

Han Jin continued to smile wryly.

"It's just that it shouldn't be, their Liu's silk, even if it is placed in many weaving factories in Suzhou, it is also among the best, so it shouldn't be their bankruptcy!"

In addition to being surprised, Nam so Won gradually put away his lazy face and began to calm down a little.

"But this silk weaving factory with excellent quality and style was repaid a few days ago because the borrowed money could not be returned, and finally the people of the Shen family took back the factory and the land that their Liu family had operated for several generations!"

It was precisely because he saw everything that had happened to Liu's weaving factory, and the potential crisis that countless other factories and workshops had maintained, that Han Jin hurriedly gave up the inspection and returned to remind his employer.

"Even Liu's Weaving Factory, a very confident and well-established business, has gone bankrupt and closed down, not to mention other workshop owners with fewer workers and fewer products!"

"I only walked around the south and west of the city, and found that the bankrupt businesses among them are not only the number they said in the history of the criminal house, but the number of bankrupt businesses is dozens of times!"

"Are there really so many?"

Nam so Won couldn't sit still, although he was not sensitive to the economic situation, but just thinking about the problem that Han Jin was reflecting now was enough to attract his attention.

"It's true!"

"Why? Why did things come to where they are now? ”

Nam so Won couldn't help but ask to the bottom of it.

"There are many reasons, but the main reason is actually just a few points!"

Han Jin began to play the role of his master at this time, and he brought out all the results obtained from the past two days of investigation.

"One of the most important reasons is that my Ming Dynasty and Li Tianyang, the king of the South China Sea, turned against each other, causing the blockade of coastal ports, the products we produce cannot be sold, and the goods brought by the ocean trade of outside merchants cannot be sold, and without the existence of both sides of the transaction, our merchants can only watch their goods hoarded in the warehouse."

"Second, when we had a friendly relationship with the King of the South Sea, it was just in time for His Majesty to relax the clamp on the "maritime trade", so many factories, workshops and shops have spawned in our coastal state capitals over the years. ”

"In the early stage, everyone benefited from the rich benefits brought by trade exchanges, which made everyone's courage and ambition be"

Although Li Tianyang himself did not have any difference between men and women, if he said that he wanted to put his most beloved daughter in his place, I am afraid that when he announced this appointment, it would be the beginning of their disintegration.

Not everyone has the same view of equality between men and women as Li Tianyang, and the phenomenon of preference for sons over women, even in the Hongmen system personally influenced by Li Tianyang and his wife, still occupies the mainstream position, and the status of women in Hongmen has certainly improved a lot, but it is still an unacceptable picture to let a woman lead a group of men.

As for Li Tianyang's second son Li Yun, his talent is not bad, but his character is more than successful and enterprising, and although he has gradually learned to win people's hearts by treating the people around him, he still lacks too much heat to make good use of such means, not to mention the behavior of expanding the territory that requires great leadership of the leadership.

The future of Hongmen will inevitably be a star-studded era, countless army generals who have established outstanding feats, countless government talents who have silently worked hard and contributed to their strength, all of whom are people with great ambitions and no leadership skills.

Even if Li Tianyang planned in advance to lay a good foundation for Li Yun's succession, the price of such a plan would inevitably be the backbone of the ambitious Hongmen, and it would be difficult to do much from now on.

As for his youngest child, Li Yuqi, who has just turned eighteen years old, is now ambitious, and quietly changed his name and sneaked into the barracks to exercise, and after some exercise, he also showed some talent, but the more this is the case, the more Li Tianyang is afraid that the only two sons around him will have a scene of flesh and blood killing in the future.