At this time, it was the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, and the boundless drizzle had been raining for a whole month, so that the ground, the numbers, the pavilions, the pavilions, and even the air were shrouded in a faintly recognizable and unpleasant smell of rancid mildew.

Under the invasion of this ubiquitous smell, the yamen of the Suzhou prefect gathered forces from all walks of life with evil intentions.

The first to arrive are the bosses of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, who are eager to get rid of the current weaving mill predicament. There were a total of forty or fifty people who came, and they took up most of the space in the main hall of the Yamen of the Suzhou prefect.

And among this group of businessmen who are mostly full of fat brains and big bellies, there is a little girl in her early twenties who is very eye-catching - she is the granddaughter of the old head Fu Shen Shixing, the most precious pearl of the Shen family.

Shen Liangzuo, who was nominally in charge of the affairs of Songjiang Dianshan Port, also arrived with a few close advisors.

Suzhou is the stronghold of the Donglin Party, and the businessmen of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce naturally have close ties with the Donglin Party - in fact, if it were not for Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, to take the lead in matchmaking, the bosses of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce would have starved to death and would not cooperate with the eunuch Shen Liangzuo.

Therefore, seeing Shen Liangzuo standing in the same trench with him, these big businessmen just nodded lukewarmly and said hello, and then they got together to talk again, and no longer bothered with Shen Liangzuo.

Shen Liangzuo is also a successful person among the eunuchs, and he was naturally unhappy when he was snubbed by these businessmen. But Shen Liangzuo's mind is still quite clear, and he knows that if he wants to deal with Ji Qingwen, a difficult opponent, even if he can't work together, at least he must be the same enemy.

Therefore, Shen Liangzuo barely suppressed the depression in his heart, with a hypocritical smile on his face, sometimes bowing his head to drink tea, sometimes looking up and looking around, making a look of not being surprised.

The meeting was originally scheduled to be held at the same time, and Ji Qingwen was late for a cup of tea, and it was not until about a quarter of the hour that he rushed to the yamen of the Suzhou prefect unhurriedly - of course, this was his intention.

Kou Shen, Shen Liangzuo and the businessmen were waiting a little anxiously, seeing that Ji Qingwen was late, obviously deliberately putting on an arrogant look, they were naturally unhappy in their hearts, and the expressions on their faces also became serious and solemn.

Ji Qingwen didn't seem to see the change in their expressions, smiled and greeted everyone, then sat down in Suzhou prefect Kou Shen, and asked his subordinates to move another chair over to invite Li Yan to sit down, as for Li Yuanyin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he was wearing a neat flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife, standing behind Ji Qingwen step by step.

Kou Shen, the prefect of Suzhou, who presided over the meeting, saw that everyone had expired, so he coughed lightly, as if he was taking a vaccination, and said: "

Ladies and gentlemen, you should know the reason why this official invited you to come. At present, many weaving mills in Suzhou have been closed, and many weavers have no livelihood. There is a slang saying: When you are hungry, you will be bold - this official has received information from Jinyiwei that it is the demon bandits of the White Lotus Sect who are inciting these unemployed weavers to stir up rebellion......"

As soon as the words "White Lotus Sect" and "Rebellion" were mentioned, the weaving workshop owners exclaimed the word "oh" in unison.

In fact, what the rich fear most is social unrest. If the situation is stable, the businessmen can naturally make a peace of mind, but if there is any turmoil, then the people of the world, regardless of good and low, will be in danger. But the lives of businessmen are much more precious than those of ordinary people, so they naturally don't want this to happen.

For this point, Kou Shen, who has been the prefect of Suzhou for several years, is very clear, so he deliberately raised the name of "White Lotus Sect", just to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that everyone has some scruples.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Kou Shen's voice had a smug tone, and he continued: "Therefore, this official invited you to come here to solve the problem, not to deliberately quarrel, and I hope that everyone can discuss and discuss calmly, how about it?" ”

Before Kou Shen's words fell, he saw one of the businessmen stand up and say, "It's very easy to solve the problem, as long as Ji Qingwen doesn't engage in any more conspiracies, the problem will naturally be solved." ”

Everyone followed the voice of the speaker and looked at it, but saw that the person who spoke was the eldest lady of the Shen family, Shen Shenbi.

According to the social atmosphere at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is very unruly for a woman to not only show her face, but also to participate in discussions between men.

However, now none of these big businessmen are willing to come forward, just let the little girl of the Shen family, who does not know the height of the sky, come out and say a few words, in case she says the wrong thing, it can naturally be said that she has "long hair and short knowledge".

So these businessmen listened to Shen Shenbi's still quite childish words, but they did not directly object, but secretly nodded in agreement.

Shen Shenbi was inspired by their attitude, so he continued: "It's not because of this Ji Qingwen's tricks behind our backs that our weaving workshop can't support it, and it gives the White Lotus Sect an opportunity. If Suzhou City, like Nanjing, made a major incident in the White Lotus Sect, then the culprit would be Ji Qingwen! ”

Shen Shenbi looks small and exquisite, and has a baby face, just like a doll, in the eyes of Ji Qingwen, a modern person, she is a typical cute little Lori in later generations.

But what this little Lori said in her mouth was to say everything on the point, so Ji Qing

Wen can't help but pay attention to it.

So Ji Qingwen thought for a while and replied: "You said that I was doing things behind your back, but it was your Suzhou Chamber of Commerce who really did the tricks first, right?" Let me ask you, your chamber of commerce has never interfered in the overseas trade of Dianshan Port, and the weaving mills under the jurisdiction of the weaving yamen have always been well water and not river water. Then who provoked you to go to Dianshan Port to steal my business? ”

Of course, he was instigated by Qian Qianyi.

However, Shen Shenbi couldn't openly say the name of the leader behind the scenes, so he could only find a reason: "What? Did you drive this Dianshan pier alone? Can't we Suzhou Chamber of Commerce go over to do business? Ji Qingwen, the dock of Dianshan Port is not your own! ”

As he spoke, Shen Shenbi stretched out a small palm, pointed at Shen Liangzuo, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Oh, did you see that Shen Gonggong?" He is the promotion of Songjiang City, and the Dianshan Wharf in Songjiang is under his control, you ask him, is this the truth? ”

Shen Liangzuo was pointed at by Shen Shenbi, and he couldn't help but shrink his body, and could only say: "Yes, the miscellaneous family is promoted by the emperor's city department, and the merchants are naturally treated equally, Lord Ji can come over to do business, and other businessmen of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce can naturally come over to do business." ”

He was originally going to take a look at the situation first, but when Shen Shenbi stretched out his finger like this, he had to express his position in advance.

Ji Qingwen knew that Shen Liangzuo couldn't get along with him, so he was naturally prepared to stand on the side of the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, so he said unhurriedly: "Yes, that's right." You can indeed go to the dock of Dianshan Port to do business, so I can naturally do business in Suzhou City. Miss Shen, you said that the Dianshan Port Wharf is not mine, so in the same way, the silver is not owned by your Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, and I can naturally earn it. You say, "Isn't that the truth?" ”

Shen Shenbi was stunned by Ji Qingwen's words, and it took a while to react and say: "You are wrong, you are not making money, but losing money." In order to bring down the weaving workshop of our Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, you have lost 500,000 taels of silver in the past few months, don't you say? Businessmen don't come to do loss-making business, but what is the purpose of losing so much money? Now that everyone is here, you might as well introduce it. ”

When Ji Qingwen heard Shen Shenbi's words, she admired this little Lori a little - she was a little girl, and she could guess how much she had spent in order to win this price war just from some clues.

This is very rare for an ancient person in the late Ming Dynasty, not to mention that this ancient person is still a little girl who has just turned twenty years old.

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