Chapter 447: Flaws, Cracks, Stalking

In Jingshi, Jiang Feng has already felt the changes of this era, but after coming to Yangzhou, he has seen more new things, Jiang Feng's questions in the eyes of those people in Sanjiang Commercial Bank and Yangzhou Branch of the ticket number, all belong to the questions raised by a countryman after entering the city - everything looks fresh.

These busy shopkeepers felt a little bored with Jiang Feng's questions, but they couldn't help but answer, and in the end, they simply arranged a smart and clever guy to answer them.

Of course, under all kinds of seemingly unintentional arrangements, a peripheral spy engaged by Sima was arranged to Jiang Feng's side, which was much more convenient for both parties. The armed forces of the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce, which Jiang Feng was most interested in, received further answers.

According to this guy's explanation, in the past, these guards of the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce only appeared when they were in shops and escorting goods and money, but recently because of the chaos in the north of the canal, Yangzhou City has gradually become a little restless, and there have been gangsters on the street several times.

There are also some cases of murder and overselling goods at night, and I know from the intelligence of Sanjiang Commercial Bank that these things are the work of some local city fox society rats in Yangzhou and local small gangs. There have always been some unsettling rumors, and there are always many ruffians who want to get some oil and water, and when it is serious, they will avoid the limelight again.

This is the case in all dynasties, these gangsters thought that they had been peaceful for a long time, and it was time to eat some floating food, but what they didn't expect was that the Thirteen Chamber of Commerce didn't want anyone to disturb their quiet fortune, so they first issued a curfew order through the government, and as a result, the government's order was the same as in the past, or was met with the same contempt, and those people took advantage of the fact that the common people did not dare to go out during the curfew, and happily did something harmful.

Just five days ago, the government, at the behest of the Chamber of Commerce, lifted the curfew, and the small gangs and scoundrels were all rejoicing, thinking that the government had nothing to do with them.

As a result, after the officials struck the gong to announce the lifting of the curfew in the whole city, when it was about to get dark, the dart bureau controlled by the Chamber of Commerce, the Cao Gang, and the guards took to the street with knives and guns. They are the head snakes of the land, and the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce have a pervasive relationship among the people, and they know their whereabouts clearly.

There were people who led the way and identified the target, and the unceremonious clubs were beaten to the ground, and then there were officials who came to the door and threw them into the prison for the crime of gathering a crowd to fight, and for the crime of bringing disaster to the village, and there were also those who had to resist, and these resisters could not resist the trained warriors who looked like regular soldiers.

Ge killed mercilessly, but after the killing, there were also various "stolen goods reported by the Chamber of Commerce" in these people's homes, and the stolen goods were obtained together, and killing people was also regarded as righteous and courageous.

After this night, the next day Yangzhou City was solemn, no one dared to ignore the orders of the Chamber of Commerce and continue to do evil, and they knew that the so-called stolen goods were submitted to the government for filing on the night before the Chamber of Commerce took action, and everyone trembled.

However, there will always be a repetition of a night of purging, and some people will take revenge, or the family members and relatives of those who died in vain will often come out to make trouble, so the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce began to send people to patrol the streets, so as not to have anything out of control.

After Jiang Feng heard this, after sending the people out, he pondered in the room for a long time, Jiang Feng wanted to come to Daming to observe the flaws of this behemoth.

Along the way, he felt that he had clearly seen that the class order of the Ming Empire, the fourth class of agriculture, industry and commerce, to put it bluntly, was still an empire ruled by a scholar and based on an agricultural economy. Their core was a literati and warrior based on the landlords and gentry.

The country's economic income comes from the farmers' land endowments, as well as the profits of the state monopoly such as salt and iron, but in this era when the great voyage has begun, Jiang Feng controlled the sea, stabilized the order on the sea, and the empire with huge production capacity exported goods to the outside and made a lot of profits, which led to the vigorous development of domestic industry and commerce.

This group and the traditional farming group has a deep contradiction, although the two groups also have a mutual transformation, the landlords take the money to open handicraft workshops and shops, and the merchants earn money to buy land to be landlords, this kind of mutual transformation, originally a kind of harmony, slow transformation, and even the two groups can collude together, each other to help, but because the Age of Discovery did affect the Ming Dynasty.

The development of industry and commerce is extremely rapid, the Wa Kingdom, the South Seas, India, and even the Americas and Europe have a huge demand for the goods of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you produce will not worry about sales, and because of the existence of the policy of banning the sea, there is often no more harsh taxes except for the protection fee handed over to Jiang Feng.

Every merchant wants to expand his production and increase the number of people in his factory, but repeated famines, as well as the emergence of commercialized farms, have already made the labor of the people a little strained, and the manors of Nanyang, the reclamation outside the Guan, and the immigrants of Yizhou are constantly absorbing the population of the Ming Dynasty.

Some people criticize the prosperity of industry and commerce, which shakes the foundation of the country, and sooner or later there will be extravagance and chaos, while those who support industry and commerce write articles to fight back, saying that the landlords detain the people and villages, hide the household registration and fields, and just conceal the income here is to owe the state I don't know how much.

The signs of this mutual attack are already gradually emerging, as long as we wait for the rift to continue to expand, or use some small means to let the contradiction erupt.

Jiang Feng stayed alone in the room for a long time, and only walked out at dinner time, and the guards and attendants outside were relieved to see their master come out, but they saw that the expression on Jiang Feng's face was particularly relaxed, and these people didn't know why.

Jiang Feng, who had figured out one thing, was extremely relaxed, of course he couldn't tell his subordinates those ideas he had just now, he had to go back to Huazhou to discuss with a few people in the center, and then come up with specific plans and actions, and he was in a good mood at this time.

Seeing Tang Xuan staring at him on the side, he couldn't help but smile and said:

"You take a day off here first, and tomorrow I will arrange for someone to find your parents and relatives for you!"

After Tang Xuan heard this, his expression did not appear as surprised as Jiang Feng had hoped, and the expression on his face was so complicated that he couldn't tell the joy, anger, sorrow, or joy, he just bowed his head lightly and thanked him and said:

"Thank you, sir."

It's not that the girl doesn't want to see her parents, but at that time she was not as eager as she was at that time, sometimes she thinks about this matter, if her parents are alive, the kind of ruthless parents who buy themselves into the Qinglou, what is the point of meeting, it is really quite a dilemma.

In Yangzhou City, the warriors hired by the Thirteen Chambers of Commerce were patrolling everywhere, but all they saw were those who were sloppy or looked suspicious, and they didn't care about ordinary people, so outside the inn where Jiang Feng lived, there were a few guys dressed up who were squatting by the wall and eating dinner, but no one paid attention.

The few people who whispered there were whisperers, and their voices were so low that others couldn't hear them clearly:

"This is where the high roller who sails day and night lives."

"Have you found out?"

"From the time he got off the boat to the time he got off the boat, we had people watching."

A man who had been silent there gritted his teeth and said:

"We originally wanted to make some extra money on the river, but who would have thought that so many brothers would be lost on these three boats, and the head of the family has already issued a death order, so we must solve this second pole."

In another corner of Yangzhou City, the courtyard of blue bricks and black tiles is wide and magnificent. The sky is so dark, the houses in the courtyard are brightly lit, and at first glance, this posture is really the appearance of a rich family, but the behavior of a few people in the house has nothing to do with wealth.

Everyone was wearing cyan robes, which looked quite similar to those warriors in cyan robes who patrolled the city, and several people were there with gloomy faces, and the person sitting at the top was a man with a fierce expression, looked left and right a few times, and whispered there:

"The money for the pension has already been issued, and the deficit in our hall is too big, and someone in Suzhou will come to check the accounts in May, how can this be made up."

A chubby man next to him said there:

"Today, let's go to a few familiar shops in Yangzhou City, and they all say that they are buying and settling accounts for the New Year, and the silver turnover is not open, and we are asked when the old silver will be returned."

The man who spoke first stood up abruptly, slapped it heavily on the table, and the porcelain bowl placed there was actually smashed by a palm, but the man's palm was not seen at all, he stood up and walked a few steps anxiously, and said hatefully:

"Damn brute, you actually killed so many of our brothers, whether it's Suzhou or the Chamber of Commerce here, we can't explain!"

At this time, outside, a person dressed as a shop guy hurriedly ran in, and when he came in, he didn't give a salute and whispered a few words in the ear of the man who stood up, and the man's expression changed, and finally gritted his teeth and said:

"I found out, washed his whole house, used his silver to make up for the shortfall, and used his head to make offerings to my brothers!"