"Mr. Han, I don't know what the prefect's final choice was? Would you like to help me wait? ”

The Yuchun Building in Suzhou City is really lively these days, not only those with great ambitions often come and go in it, but also those who want to ask for help, often walk around here.

In the private room, Han Jin, the master of the prefect Nam so Yuan, sat at the head of the hall at this time, enjoying the flattery and flattery of the guests who had requests from all walks of life.

At a cursory glance, except for Han Jin and the girl from Yuchun Building, the rest of the guests in the hall turned out to be factory owners from all sides who had heads and faces in the city, but now they are disgraced.

"Don't worry, the proprietors have already complained to me about it, and I think my Dong Weng will have a choice in the near future, so you can hold on for a while."

It turned out that the so-called scene of worrying about the country and the people that Han Jin had shown in front of Nam so Won before was just asked by many businessmen in the city.

"How long will it take? Mr. Han, we really can't hold on, the people who come to ask for accounts have lived in my house for half a month! ”

Someone was not satisfied and said complainingly.

"Yes, we really can't hold on, Mr. Han, please help us!"

Most of the businessmen present are small in Suzhou City, and they are not hard backers, but they are also the businessmen who occupy the vast majority of the city.

In the face of the request of these merchants, Han Jin was also in a dilemma, not that he didn't want to help, not to mention the importance of these merchants to Suzhou City, just the reward they promised him was enough to make his heart turn into action and do his best to help them.

But the final decision of this matter is beyond his control, maybe in Suzhou City, with the face of Nan Zhuyuan, Han Jin can do some small things, but then out of the territory of Suzhou Mansion, even if it is a county order under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture, it will not give Han Jin more good face.

"Please insist on it again, it really won't be long before the prefect will make a decision!"

“……”

After finally appeasing the merchants in the house, he dragged his tired body back to the prefect's mansion, and then it was time for him Han Jin to take a big step to persuade Nam so Won.

"Captain, we've already taken a walk down there and the news is out, just waiting to see what happens next."

In the shop that Xiang Yuzheng temporarily rented, the guys who had been busy all day returned to their beds and slept, but in Xiang Yuzheng's room, it was a different look.

"What is the movement of the people in the city, and is there any change in the movement?"

Xiang Yuzheng lowered his head and sorted out all kinds of information collected today.

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and many people pawned out the only valuable winter materials at home in order to store food, but now because of the cold, problems have begun to arise."

The next report to Xiang Yuzheng is Xiang Fu, who has just returned to Suzhou from Anhui with a lot of grain for a few days, and is making a report 1510.

"Since a week ago, our manpower has collected information about the appearance of frozen dead among the poor people in the city, and to this day, in vain, the bodies of seventeen or eighteen frozen to death have been transported out of the city and thrown into mass graves for landfill."

“……”

The calm on the surface of Suzhou City is actually like a powder keg, and in Xiang Fu's detailed information, all kinds of hidden dangers are exposed.

And Xiang Yuzheng, who looked like a calculating businessman in front of outsiders before, was afraid that if what he did was known to outsiders at this time, he would be afraid that he would fall to the ground.

Xiang Yuzheng is a grain merchant who came to Suzhou from Anhui to sell grain and has a good business intuition, but in fact, Xiang Yuzheng's real identity is a member of the Hongmen Waiwei, who was sent to Suzhou Mansion by the Waiwei to convey the information obtained by the local Waiwei to Hongmen and prepare for Hongmen's next actions.

"What about the government? Is there any latest information on the Crow Group? ”

"Over there in the government, something is really going on."

Hearing Xiang Yuzheng ask this, Xiang Fu, who was originally going to report the above content, immediately began to report the information obtained by the crow group.

"Under the persuasion of Han Jin, the prefect of Suzhou, the prefect Nan Zhuyuan has recently begun to contact the local factory owners to integrate the hoarded goods in their hands, and at the same time sent envoys to find suitable sales channels, such as the little Franc machine people, the Dongwei people, and even the Persians."

"Secretly, the prefect of Suzhou is looking for channels to contact local tyrants in Songjiang Mansion and other places, and it is estimated that their purpose is to find a smuggling channel."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yuzheng showed a meaningful look: "When the prefect not only does not act according to the will of the imperial court, but he knows the law and violates the law to find smugglers, which is really a fun thing." ”

"If this Suzhou prefect really thinks so, then I really have to look up at this prefect a few times, and if I occupy Suzhou by Hongmen, it's not that I can't reuse a civil servant like him."

It is rare that among the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, there are such chief officials who are willing to consider and help the merchants under them regardless of the risk of identity and status, and they are placed in Hongmen, which is rare.

Although there must be many factors influencing it, Nam so Won's determination is also a kind of courage, isn't it?

"Let our people get in touch with them and see what each other really thinks."

Now the so-called smugglers in this world, to put it bluntly, which one is not inextricably linked with Hongmen, without Hongmen's permission, who dares to do this smuggling business under the powerful Hongtang fleet.

"Understood!"

Xiang Fu took the instruction and kept it in his heart.

"Oh, by the way, since the other party has taken this step now, shouldn't we send someone to walk around under this adult and see his attitude?"

Because of this, Xiang Yuzheng suddenly felt something, raised his head and continued to command Xiang Fu.

"Huh?"

Xiang Fu didn't seem to understand, and was stunned for a moment.

"I mean, since our prefect dares to take such a big risk, doesn't that mean that he is not optimistic about his future official prospects, so can we take advantage of this to win him over?"

Xiang Yuzheng explained.

"Oh!"

Xiang Fu then understood, and at the same time lowered his head and thought about it, although he was not very sure, but he also had some other thoughts because of Xiang Yuzheng's reminder.

"It's not like there's no room for manoeuvre."

"The previous riot in Suzhou City, I heard that it had reached the city of Nanjing, Yingtianfu, and Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet ministers expressed their dissatisfaction with the Suzhou prefect and the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang because of this matter."

"As the Ming Dynasty's upper mansion, with hundreds of thousands of households and a prosperous financial system, I don't know how many people are staring at the fat of Suzhou Mansion, just waiting for Nan Zhuyuan to make a mistake or be promoted, and then vacate the vacancy."

"Now that Nan Zhuyuan has made such a big mistake himself, presumably his competitors have long been gearing up, waiting for the next Beijing investigation, so as to attack him and pull him down from the position of Suzhou prefect!"

"Well analyzed."

Xiang Yuzheng glanced at Xiang Fu encouragingly, and was very satisfied with his subordinate's keen sense of smell: "Today's Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to put it bluntly, is a powder keg with countless hidden dangers, and no one knows when there will be problems, which will cause disasters." ”

"We may not be able to do anything else, but judging from the information collected in Suzhou City over the past few days, the foundation for the people in the city to launch a riot has been established, and it is only necessary to ignite this powder keg because of subtle factors."

Xiang Yuzheng slowly explained his intentions.

"Let's sprinkle some sulfur and saltpeter outside this powder keg to let this powder keg detonate earlier!"

"In this way, we, the prefect of Suzhou, must have a bleaker future in the Ming Court Mansion in the future, and at the same time, it will be easier for us to recruit them."

"Team leader, you mean, let's secretly stir up trouble and have another riot?"

Comprehend the blessing and speak your judgment.

"Yes!"

Xiang Yuzheng nodded approvingly.

"Understood, I'll go down and make arrangements."

Xiang Fu is ready to go down here and take action with this as the goal.

"But you have to pay attention to one thing, that is, this riot, try not to have too many casualties!"

Xiang Yuzheng suddenly reminded.

"Yes."

Suzhou Prefect Yamen, Nan Zhuyuan, who was persuaded by Han Jin, was more comfortable when he started to do things after dispelling the worries in his heart.

The reason for making him comfortable is very simple, that is, Han Jin brought many factory and workshop owners under him, and promised him a rich reward after helping them through the difficulties.

Of course, this is indispensable as a deposit, or a thank you gift, and a big gift raised by many businessmen has already fallen into the hands of Nam so Won.

If it weren't for the face of these interests, Nam so Yuan probably wouldn't have used the connections and resources he has now to find sales channels for the merchants in Suzhou.

The messenger sent by Xiangshan Ao Hanjin to seek cooperation was a little disappointing, because the number and strength of the small Franc machine merchants were small, and it was impossible to meet the needs of the merchants of a kingdom in the Ming Dynasty, so those who could sell goods from this channel were either themselves people who had no way out to sell at a loss, or those big merchants with deep backgrounds and strong strength.

And the prefect of the Ming Dynasty like Nan Zhuyuan, but only a four-grade official, is not much authority in the Ming Dynasty, maybe the status and power in Suzhou City is not small, but it can be placed in Xiangshanao, which is hundreds of thousands of miles away, then it is really not much face.

After several temptations and negative possibilities for seeking connections in his hands, Nam so Won could only use another direction that he didn't like to contact with in the end, and that was the smuggler.

Xiang Yuzheng looked at the riot at the dock under the ship, and continued stubbornly: "Our grain can only be sold at a price in this place, is it because of this risk that we can't go home?" ”

Although Anhui is not a place rich in grain, under the attraction of interests, Xiang Yuzheng, who is well-informed adjacent to Jiangsu, bought such a boatload of grain in his hometown and prepared to sell it to the people in Suzhou at a high price.

At the very least, Suzhou is notoriously wealthy, and although the situation is now depressed, the people at the bottom should still have some savings, and the risk is lower than in other places.

But now after arriving in Suzhou Mansion, Xiang Yuzheng found that the situation did not seem to be as easy as he imagined, just now the workers on the dock who are squeezing their scalps to find work make people look goosebumps, and it is even more difficult for Xiang Yuzheng to imagine what the scene in the city will be.

However, if he gave up the food on his ship now, which he had collected after almost all his savings, because of the immediate risk, wouldn't it mean that he would be bankrupt because of it?

As for the transfer to other places, Xiang Yuzheng didn't dare to imagine it, even Suzhou Mansion, which is known as the land of heaven, is already like this, and those places that are not as good as Suzhou Mansion don't know what it will look like.

"Send someone down to find the snake thief, and ask him to pick a dozen strong and honest-looking familiar faces to help us unload the goods!"

Anyway, seeing the scene of the crowd surging under the boat, Xiang Yuzheng was not ready to come forward for the time being, but asked the guy to go down to the dock to find a reliable leader of the rivers and lakes who was familiar with the local environment and helped him do these things.

In the past, there was no need for such trouble, but it was worth the trouble and less risk in special periods.

The guy soon found a reliable snake head at the dock, brought it up to meet with Xiang Yuzheng, and with his help, he selected a dozen right-hand men to start unloading.

At this time, the crowd of people crowded together in the dock area did not disperse because the dust of coolie candidates settled, and they still gathered around the dock area, watching the coolies who were gradually getting busy.

Fortunately, some time ago, Japan and South Korea reported to the prefect of Suzhou that Suzhou City was now in danger, but in some important areas, they sent additional arresters and yacha to forcefully suppress the misdeeds in the city.

That's it, when unloading the goods, Xiang Yuzheng and the guys he recruited didn't dare to take it lightly at all, and they didn't relax until all the grain was transported to the granary he had already set.

In the meantime, taking advantage of the opportunity to unload the goods, Xiang Yuzheng quietly slipped off the boat with a few guys, and after walking around Suzhou City, looking at Xiao Se to Suzhou City, he had a little joy: the more depressed the scene, the more happy it was for speculators like them, which also meant that they could earn more profits.

"Boss, someone just sent a sticker, because you didn't send the small one to your old house."

As soon as he returned to the inn where he was staying, Xiang Chao, a confidant and cronie brought by Yu Zheng from home, whispered in his ear.

"What post?"

Xiang Yuzheng looked up and asked.

"He said that he was the proprietor of the Shen family's grain shop in the city, please ask the proprietor to take a while in Yuchun Tower in the evening."

Tell the truth.

"Oh, got it."

Xiang Yuzheng nodded, indicating that he already understood.