When Hongmen discovered the movements of the northern merchants in advance, the next thing was much simpler.

Over the years, in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the heart of the south of the Yangtze River, Hongmen wanted to thoroughly find out the number and content of this batch of materials, although it was not very easy, but it was not too difficult.

However, at this time, there was a team escorted by 2,000 officers and soldiers from Anhui, which had already passed Zherong, and it was only four or five hundred miles away from Quanzhou Yuegang, and the other party was taking official channels, and the speed was much faster than that of ordinary caravans, so it was very likely that Li Tianyang would rush to Yuegang before the deadline given to many business representatives in Yuegang, and the goods would be delivered.

Some people may say that Hongmen has the contract signed by the northern firm and the foreign businessman, and the latest deadline has passed anyway, so wouldn't it be good if Qixintang was determined not to accept this batch of goods?

Anyway, the truth is still on my side, and it makes sense wherever it goes.

However, in Chinese culture, these truths have never been said like this, if before the arrival of this batch of goods, Li Tianyang and them immediately decided to force the other party to compensate for their own losses, it is naturally justified; But when these firms delivered the goods to Yuegang, although it was a little late, the other party had room to operate in terms of public opinion and other reasonable laws.

The dynasties under the influence of Chinese Confucian culture have never been a world where law is greater than love.

Now many businesses in the north are mostly relieved after the goods are close at hand, after all, their team is escorted by the military, and it is not so easy for Hongmen to interfere with it.

In order to delay the pace of the army, Li Tianyang ran to the governor's yamen several times in the past two days, but the attitude of the governor Xiao Yifu has changed a lot.

The governor had no way to exert his strength, and with Li Tianyang's own power, it was difficult to find a sufficient reason to drag the other party's footsteps.

The other party is obviously fully prepared, the army sent by Liu Liangzuo is holding the order issued by the Ministry of War, and Li Tianyang and these local officials have no other way to stop the other party, unless they use force!

Li Tianyang was struggling at this time, whether to send soldiers to attack this imperial army with a size of 2,000 people, and if he was not careful, it was likely to affect Li Tianyang's status in the officialdom.

If there is no sufficient reason to attack colleagues, or if the news leaks, there is only one way to rebel waiting for Li Tianyang, and there is no other way to go.

For the sake of the layout of a small shopping mall, you have to risk your officialdom status for many years, which is too stupid to be a stupid choice in anyone's opinion.

This is also an important reason why many businesses in the north are full of confidence, even if they know that their large-scale actions may be detected by the Hongmen, they are not very worried.

"Where is the special operations battalion?"

Li Tianyang was hesitating in his heart, but in terms of the layout of the operation, he did not delay at all, and all the more than 700 soldiers of the special operations battalion were dispatched, marching towards the place where the other party must pass, waiting for further instructions from Li Tianyang.

"It's already in Ningde, and it's only a day's journey away from the opponent's team!"

At this time, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and if you don't act, the transport team escorted by the Hui soldiers will enter the territory of Fuzhou Mansion, as the seat of the governor of Fujian, this is naturally the most tightly guarded place of the Fujian Guard.

After Fuzhou, in two days to the south, the other party can reach the Quanzhou range, and it is needless to say that it is far from Yuegang.

The only good news was that the outer guards found that the other party had time to let Li Tianyang and them remedy, and the other team's team had been advancing along the route of the guard post along the coastline for safety, which made it more convenient for the Hongtang fleet to transport troops and quickly arrange.

"Admiral, what are we going to do?"

An Xianming has always felt guilty in his heart, and after a long time, the outer guards have been a little slack under his leadership, which is why there is this Hongmen crisis.

"Have you made any estimates of the results given by the Reference Department?"

Li Tianyang didn't answer An Xianming's words, not only An Xianming, but Li Tianyang, as the leader of the Hongmen, didn't make him a little fluttery in the smooth sailing in the past few years, and his sense of crisis was too dull.

"Send it right away!"

It didn't take long for the reference office to give a result estimate that was more than ten pages thick and sent it to Li Tianyang, who glanced at it roughly at a glance.

"The loss of direct economic interests is 1.23 million, and Yuegang Qixintang may be swallowed up by the other party, and the loss of the stores of Nanyang Chamber of Commerce member firms in Yuegang can account for six or seven percent!"

The more he looked down, the more serious Li Tianyang's face became, and even a little bit of iron, over the years, Hongmen had not lost money like now.

The reason why the losses of Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce are greater than those of the northern merchants is because as the layout, the materials and goods spent by Hongmen and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in the early stage have reached two or three hundred thousand taels, and all kinds of deposits, inviting foreign businessmen to go out and other means are also not a small expense.

The most important point is that the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was originally a loose alliance, and everyone had always had meat to eat and soup to drink with Hongmen, so everyone was naturally happy to obey Hongmen's arrangement and only looked forward to it; But if this time the loss is heavy, so that everyone's Yuegang store loses seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, and eight, then for the loose system of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, it is very likely to make it fall apart immediately.

Even if Li Tianyang and them are lucky, everyone will not fall apart for the time being, but after suffering such a big loss, will the other merchants Haibang be like before, will they readily agree to Hongmen's arrangement and follow the left and right, Li Tianyang has no confidence at all.

This can be said to be a heavy blow to Li Tianyang, who has just made up his mind and wants to participate in the next big chessboard to compete for the world.

Hongmen started from scratch, the strength in their hands is too much compared to the huge Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty with the territory of several provinces in Liaodong, and even the peasant army with the participation of an infinite population, if they really want to go further in this overall situation and go to the end, then Li Tianyang They must not make a mistake in every step, and the only chess pieces in their hands cannot be wasted.

As the most traditional Chinese medicine business system in the hands of Hongmen in the future, the role of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is unpredictable, and Li Tianyang cannot imagine the consequences of losing it.

"Smack!!"

Li Tianyang's big hand pressed hard on the table of the Eight Immortals, and roared in a low and solemn voice: "Fuck it!" ”

(End of chapter)