Chapter 518: Unyielding Suzhou
Ren Tianxing was very unconvinced, and it would definitely not work to suddenly throw money, but he was prepared!
After so many years, how many bearded maritime merchants he has robbed! Most of the gold and silver obtained will be turned into supplies, and those big silk and tea merchants, they want to sell goods, who can not say hello to him.
In a word, Ren Tianxing has a huge underground network.
The officials, the people, and the gentry are all inextricably linked with him, and there are countless people who listen to his orders.
The silver was sent to Wu Yue, and naturally someone took it and sent it through various channels.
Ren Tianxing admitted that he couldn't get an average score, let alone let everyone get the silver, but at least some people could get it, and that was enough. He is a thief, he is talking about happiness and revenge, doing the right thing for heaven, killing the rich and helping the poor, as for other things, it is not his responsibility.
"Master Hou, you are admired by the grass people for your open-mindedness, but there are too many people in the chaos of your court, and I am afraid that I will not be able to gain a foothold in the court!" Ren Tianxing chuckled and said: "If you want me to stay, let the person surnamed Lu kowtow to me and admit my mistakes, and then obediently give me 500,000 taels of silver, plus 500,000 grains, when the money arrives, the surname Ren will return to Da Zhou!" ”
Ren Tianxing let out a burst of wild laughter and got up to go outside.
"Stop!"
Ye Hua suddenly broke off his drink, which sounded in Ren Tianxing's ears, Ren Tianxing turned his head and said disdainfully: "What, Master Hou wants to keep me?" ”
"Not bad!"
Ye Hua said in a deep voice: "You idiot, you think you are smart, but you don't know, you have already caused a big disaster, I can tell you that Wu Yue was turned into a powder keg by you, and it will explode at any time!" If you mess with the basket, you want to walk away and dream about it! You must stay here and obey my orders, otherwise Wu Yue will be in chaos, and when the time comes, it will be too late for you to regret it! ”
Ren Tianxing paused, and said in disbelief: "Master Hou, you are sure that Wu Yue will be chaotic, how can I not believe it!" ”
"Believe it or not, you'll see it soon anyway, wait and see!"
Ren Tianxing still wanted to ask a few words, but Ye Hua was too lazy to say anything, waved his hand, asked him to go down, and called Li Yu again, arranged manpower, and looked down on Ren Tianxing.
At the same time, Ye Hua asked Zhao Er to call him again.
Zhao Er heard that the master was angry, reprimanded Lu Duoxun, and imprisoned Ren Tianxing, thinking that the master was angry, so he hurriedly ran over.
But when he entered the study, he found that Ye Hua was holding two bamboo boards with Erlang's legs crossed, and he was knocking and humming at the same time.
"Master!"
Zhao Er called out, and the general was suspicious: "Is it comfortable?" ”
Ye Hua put down the bamboo board, shook his head and said, "It's just fun in the bitterness!" ”
Zhao Er rolled his eyelids, and clearly smiled at the wrinkles, where can he see the bitterness? He leaned over to Ye Hua and said in a low voice, "Master, what is the current situation, what should we do?" ”
Ye Hua smiled: "It's not what we do, it's what those people do, you see, Ren Tianxing, this guy, by mistake, has created a great opportunity for us, maybe to recover Jiangnan, we can start now!" ”
"Oh my God!" Zhao Er exclaimed: "Two million taels, has such a big effect?" ”
Ye Hua said: "It's not these two million, but a powder keg, it only takes one spark to detonate!" This bit of silver is precisely Mars, you gave me twelve points of caution and stared at Nantang. ”
"Isn't it Wu Yue, why did you become Nantang again?" Zhao Er was puzzled.
"Where are there so many questions, just stare at it!"
Zhao Er didn't dare to refute, so he could only slip down.
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Ren Tianxing stayed in Chuzhou, was locked in a three-entry courtyard, the old lady is also here, ten years, the mother and son can finally get together, enjoy the joy of family, Ren Tianxing chops wood every day to burn the fire, cooks for the old lady, and makes hot water at night, washes the feet of the old lady, it is completely an ordinary filial son, where is there still the majesty of dominating the sea.
The old lady remembered in a trance that when her son was a child, the family was safe and sound, where would it be like now, the day was precarious, I really didn't know what to say!
The old lady shook her head vigorously and grabbed Ren Tianxing, who was rubbing her feet.
"Wu'er told my mother the truth, will the court treat you well? Mother, I'm afraid! ”
Ren Tianxing chuckled, "Mother, the child is so crisscrossing the sea, how can he be caught so easily!" Besides, even if they locked me up, they wouldn't dare do anything, after all, the child still had more than 10,000 brothers and hundreds of boats. Without me, the gang would be in chaos in no time. Mother, you don't have to worry, let's just live like this, just watch the excitement! ”
In a blink of an eye, ten days passed, and the embroidered messenger of Jinling sent the first secret report, and when Zhao Er came with the news, Ren Tianxing was still chopping wood and boiling water.
"The owner of the ship is really a filial son, it's a pity, your hometown has caused you a lot of trouble, take it and see it!"
Zhao Er sent the secret report to Ren Tianxing.
Ren Tianxing threw the axe, took it in his hand, only glanced at it a few times, and suddenly became furious.
"Ridiculous, how can it be so ridiculous?"
He was so angry that he grabbed the axe and slashed it so hard that the whole axe sank into the wood!
Ren Tianxing's eyes were red, and he shouted: "Wu Yue respects the Southern Tang Dynasty and gives them so much money, but Li Hongji still doesn't talk about righteousness?" ”
Zhao Er shrugged his shoulders, "Of course Li Hongji is righteous, but people didn't say that they would do it, right?" ”
In a word, Ren Tianxing choked, he was like an angry lion, provoked, but there was no place to vent, only to circle in place.
What did the secret report write to make Ren Tianxing angry like this?
The content is very simple, Li Hongji sent a messenger to greet King Wu Yue, and pretended to say that he would work with Wu Yue to exterminate the water kou. It's just that Wu Yue wants to give the New Year's coin, no less, two million taels, this time by land!
Don't bring such a bully!
At the beginning, Nantang said to take the waterway and dig a pit for Ren Tianxing, but it failed, the money was gone, and Wu Yue was going to come out, what? Do you regard Wu Yue as a fat meat to be desired?
"I'm two Zhejiang Erlang, Wu Yue's man, I won't bow my head, no!" Ren Tianxing kept roaring.
Zhao Er chuckled, "Let's see the news!" ”
Five days passed in the blink of an eye, this time it was a message sent by Ren Tianxing's subordinates, Wu Yue agreed to Nantang's request and was raising New Year's coins. Of course, there is an additional condition, that is, to ask Nantang to dispatch sailors to protect Wu Yue's safety.
When Ren Tianxing saw this news, he was completely dumbfounded, Wu Yue up and down, are they all pigs' heads, how can they hand over their fate to others? Qian Biao is so heroic, the descendants of future generations are like stupid pigs and stupid donkeys!
"No, absolutely not!" Ren Tianxing roared loudly, "The people of Liangzhejiang are already very bitter, first they were looted as ten dollars, and then they took out two million taels of silver in stock, and now they have to take the money, how can the people get it?" ”
Zhao Er sneered: "Ren Shipowner, didn't you send back two million taels?" The people of Liangzhejiang are rich and can withstand exploitation! ”
It seems that yes, I sent two million taels and collected another two million taels, there seems to be no problem?
"That's not right!"
Ren Tianxing jumped up all of a sudden, things won't be so simple, no!
Zhao Er smiled meaningfully, "Master Ren, Master has ordered, wait and see!" You've done something earth-shattering this time! ”
Ren Tianxing's head was big, and in the next few days, he couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, tossed and turned, and blisters on his lips.
It's just that what is even worse is the people of Wu Yue, Li Hongji forced him to pay the New Year's coin, and Qian Hongyu, the king of Wu Yue, did not want to agree, after all, the treasury is empty, the water division is newly defeated, Wu Yue has reached the point of exhaustion, and if he exploits the people, he will only die.
But at this moment, someone told Qian Hongyu that it was the thief Ren Tianxing who secretly sent the silver back to Wu Yue, and someone found the treasury silver of the imperial court in the market!
This news touched Qian Hongyu, he thought about it again and again, and finally ordered to recover the treasury silver scattered among the people, arrest Ren Tianxing's comrades, and demand that the bandits be severely punished!
Qian Hongyu thought very well, he pondered to get back some money from the bandits, no matter if it was only a few hundred thousand taels, by the way, he copied these people's homes, he squeezed out a little more from the treasury, and then discussed with Nantang, discounted, and the matter of the New Year's currency was over.
It's good to think about it.
But if an order goes down, the entire two Zhejiang provinces will be in chaos.
The officials got a glimpse of the crisis of the small court, and none of them wanted to share the weal and woe with the Qian family, on the contrary, they all took advantage of the last opportunity to make a big profit!
Don't care if it has anything to do with Ren Tianxing, and don't care if it's treasury silver, as long as the family has money, you can't run!
Starting with the merchants, and then the rich people, as long as they don't like you, they will label them as bandits, and they will take people to go in and raid their homes, search for gold and silver, and confiscate them directly, and they don't know whose hands they have fallen into.
Occasionally, when he found the trace of Kuyin, he immediately couldn't run away from his relatives and even his neighbors.
In this catastrophe, countless people lost their families and lives, and the once prosperous Liangzhejiang almost fell into hell all at once.
When Qian Hongyu realized that something was wrong, he ordered to stop the investigation...... It's just that it's all late.
In the midst of this chaos, the most severely damaged was almost Suzhou.
Hundreds of gentry and merchants in the city gathered, all of whom were local leaders, rich and powerful, extraordinary!
The little old man at the head took the lead in standing up, "Fellow villagers, what kind of life are we living during this time?" It's just fish! First used it as ten dollars to loot the wealth, and the accumulation of you and me in several lifetimes was lost by half, and then all the silver in the treasury was given to the Southern Tang Dynasty, don't forget, the court also borrowed our money! It's better now, send so many minions, rob money everywhere, arrest people, our Suzhou, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, all ruined! ”
When the old man talked about the sad place, he kept crying, and everyone present was filled with righteous indignation, "Elder Wang, don't say anything, let's do the opposite!" ”
The old man waved his hand, "Don't get excited, we are all family people, we can't come nonsense, the old man proposed, first expel the court officials, don't allow them to arrest people indiscriminately, and then negotiate conditions with the court!" ”
"Okay, just listen to Elder Wang! Done! ”