At this moment, a meteor strode out of the crowd opposite, pointed at Ji Qingwen and scolded: "You don't talk nonsense, the silk for tribute has always been sent to Beijing through the Grand Canal. This is Matsue and the seaside...... Hum! You say that you want to pay tribute to these silks, but I think you are going to sell them privately! ”

Of course, Ji Qingwen wants to "sell" these silks, but he can't talk about the word "private". But the reason for this involves major national affairs, and it is not something that can be discussed with others casually, so Ji Qingwen can't think of any response for a while.

I only heard that the man was unrelenting and continued: "You just swore that we committed the crime of rebellion against the Emperor Gang. Hum! I see that you are selling tribute privately, so you are rebelling, right? ”

Ji Qingwen was speechless, but from his voice, he could tell that the person who spoke was a woman.

You must know that the defense of men and women in the Ming Dynasty was very strict, and it was rare for women to show up in the middle of the night, which couldn't help but make Ji Qingwen sincerely curious.

So Ji Qingwen turned around and asked Ge Shengdao: "Old Ge, do you know what the origin of the woman who spoke in front of you is?" ”

Ge Sheng narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a long time, but the firelight on the opposite side was too bright to distinguish the woman's face, but he suddenly had an idea and said, "Master Ji, I guessed it, that person must be the eldest lady of the Shen family." ”

"The Shen family? Which Shen family? Ji Qingwen asked.

Ge Sheng immediately replied: "It's the Shen family!" Alas! It's too big, I don't even know how to talk about it......"

Ge Sheng was a little incoherent for a while, but Li Yan had already heard it and said, "Lao Ge is probably talking about Shen Shixing and the old Shen family of Shen Ge, right?" ”

Ge Sheng immediately agreed: "That's right, that's right, it's this Shen family." Lord Shen Shixing, he was the first assistant minister of the cabinet during the Wanli period! Who doesn't know about Suzhou? Who doesn't know? ”

Ji Qingwen suddenly realized.

Shen Shixing is an important minister of Wanli, after Zhang Juzheng's death, it was this Shen Shoufu who was responsible for cleaning up the mess and maintaining the government, and even before Ji Qingwen left Beijing, his master Sun Chengzong also reminded him - the Shen family has a lot of status in Jiangnan and can't wait to deal with it.

So Ji Qingwen cheered up his spirit and asked Ge Sheng with a serious face: "What kind of person is this Miss Shen, you tell me." ”

Ge Sheng sorted out his language and said, "Miss Shen is the eldest lady of the Shen family, and she has no brothers on the left and right, and she is spoiled like a princess up and down the family. But she just gave birth to a man's heart, and often came out to show her face. By the way, the Shen family's weaving workshop is the ...... run by Miss Shen."

"Huh? What the? Did even the Shen family open a weaving workshop? Ji Qingwen asked with some confusion.

Ge Sheng nodded and replied: "Suzhou, people with a little wealth will always open a weaving workshop." It is said that the Shen family opened a weaving workshop because of Miss Shen. ”

"Oh? So what's going on? Ji Qingwen asked.

Ge Sheng hadn't answered yet, but he heard the "Miss Shen" in front of him say loudly: "Hey, Master Ji, how do you explain what I asked you?" ”

Ji Qingwen was stunned for a moment and said, "So you know my identity?" Then you still knowingly ask. I am the weaving admiral, and the tribute silk produced by Suzhou weaving is naturally at my disposal. If you think I'm selling tribute for profit, that's fine. I heard that you are also from a family of eunuchs, and there are countless ways in the court, so you can naturally find a way to impeach me. ”

"Listen to what you mean, could it be that you have already admitted that you are selling tribute?" The woman grabbed a vague head and asked aggressively.

"What do I admit admit to confess? You don't mess around here. Ji Qingwen said.

Li Yan said, "That's right. This is the official business, although you are the son of an official eunuch, but after all, you have no fame and errands, and you can't stop it. We, Lord Ji, have shown you the way to appeal for impeachment, and you can just carry it out. If you still stop us from doing things here, then we have committed the crime of obstructing the government in the "Da Ming Law", which is a rebellion and must be severely punished. ”

Li Yan's words were very reasonable, and his tone was very solemn, and he said that the opponents in front of him were all afraid of the law, and it seemed that as long as there was a stir, they would scatter.

At this moment, I heard Miss Shen say aloud: "Don't listen to their nonsense. They smuggle tribute, and the amount is so great, that they are guilty of mortal death. Let's take them first, and then play the emperor, it's the same. Don't forget that in "The Great Message", it is said that when encountering corrupt officials and corrupt officials, even ordinary people can be tied up and sent to the Beijing Division, which is the rule set by the grandfather! ”

She said this in a-for-tat manner, and the somewhat wavering team immediately stabilized again.

When Ji Qingwen saw it, he frowned and said to Li Yan: "Brother Li, it seems that we have no way to convince them, what should we do?" ”

Li Yan said: "It seems that a weapon fight is inevitable...... Fortunately, although there are a lot of people on the other side, like us, they are also a rabble, and if we really fight, we may not lose. ”

Ji Qingwen nodded, but he understood in his heart that Li Yan and Miss Shen were talking about you coming and going just now, and it seemed that they were discussing the provisions of the "Da Ming Law", but the focus was on the royal silks behind him.

In fact, these silk worth more than 200,000 taels are not precious, but what is really precious is a big market that can dump these more than 200,000 taels of silk overnight.

And whoever holds the dominance of this market, the interests involved are not only more than 200,000 taels that can be included, but millions of taels of silver a year. What's more, whoever can make the profit brought by this million silver will immediately have a great resource advantage, and then use this advantage to completely drive the opponent out of the market.

Shopping malls are like battlefields, and battlefields are like shopping malls.

The intrigue in the shopping mall is more thrilling than the intrigue on the battlefield; At the time of the struggle, the smell of copper in the shopping mall exuded a wonderful magic that was more breathtaking than the smell of blood shrouded in the battlefield.

So Ji Qingwen had secretly made up his mind to be aggressive, so he first asked the weavers behind him to stabilize their minds and maintain their formation, and then raised his head and asked Miss Shen: "Miss Shen, we are all understanding people, so there is no need to play dumb riddles and quarrel here." What do you want, put it out in a clear way! ”

Miss Shen was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It's also simple." You hand over the tribute and silk, and we will divide the account in half, and everyone will have money. ”

This method, when Liu Ru came to visit a few days ago, Ji Qingwen had already vetoed it, firstly, he could not raise enough silver taels to hand over to Emperor Chongzhen, and secondly, his own sales lifeline was in the hands of his opponent, which was also unacceptable to Ji Qingwen.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen asked undoubtedly: "What if I don't agree?" ”

"Humph! If you don't agree, I'm going to rob you!" Although Miss Shen is a woman, this sentence is murderous, and her style is better than her eyebrows.

"I'm the Weaving Admiral and the Minister of the Imperial Mission, are you going to go against me, have you thought about the consequences?" Ji Qingwen asked again.

"Haha, what weaving admiral? What Minister? Miss Shen smiled, "Restrain you first, anyway, when the time comes, I will naturally find someone to write a note to impeach you, and then you will not be a commander!" ”

After that, Miss Na Shen didn't say much, and raised her hand to move forward: "Come forward for me and catch this traitor who is selling tribute!" Miss Ben is rewarded! ”

When she shouted, there were five or six hundred people behind her, but not many people were moving, only eight or nine people who looked like family members, holding whistle sticks, flat poles and other things in their hands, rushed forward to kill.

Ji Qingwen didn't expect this Miss Shen to be so decisive in giving orders, and immediately ordered: "Huang Degong, you take the lead and go to block these family members first." Ge Sheng, you lead the young man in the weaver to answer the ......"

Huang Degong didn't move forward immediately, but turned his head to Ji Qingwen and said, "Dongjia, there are too many people over there, you asked me to take the lead, and I can't be killed by them?" I...... I don't do it...... I'm not stupid......"

When Ji Qingwen heard that he was delaying the fighter here, he immediately raised his foot and kicked Huang Degong's buttocks, scolding: "Kill you? Which one can kill you? Don't you see what weapons they have? It's all farm tools! I don't even have a knife, how can I kill you? ”