On the same day, the mansions of the Jiang family, the Lin family, and the Shen family, the three major salt merchants in Yangzhou, were all raided by soldiers from the Governor's Palace, and the excuse for the raid was exactly the same, all under the banner of arresting Liu Liang and the rest of the party.

The business of the three salt merchants is so big, transporting salt and protecting salt, fighting with smuggler salt dealers, and dealing with people in the rivers and lakes, there is naturally no shortage of brave and ruthless people under their subordinates, there are many ruffians and hooligans, and even Liu Liangzuo's army has a few routs. Most of Liu Liangzuo's subordinates were Lianghuai people, Liu Liangzuo was defeated, and of course they had to find food to eat when they escaped with their lives, and it was not surprising that they took refuge in the salt merchants.

In the past two months, the Enemy Intelligence Department has developed a lot of secret agents among the locals in Yangzhou, and it is not too difficult to find out the details of the salt merchants. The officers and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion had a clear goal, and in the three mansions, they caught many fugitives with criminal records on their backs.

When Liang Huanping, the envoy of the salt transport, and Ma Ming, the prefect of Yangzhou, jointly came to the governor's palace for questioning, they had nothing to say in the face of such evidence. After all, Chen Yue is the governor of Jiangbei, and the military and political affairs of Jianghuai and Huai can intervene, Liu Liangzuo and King Fu rebelled and rebelled, and his subordinates were also guilty.

Although many of Liu Liangzuo's subordinates surrendered to the Pingnan Army, they are now undergoing military training in the new barracks north of Yangzhou, and Liu Liangzuo's army has the most remnants in the Pingnan Army. Although, knowing that Chen Yue was using the excuse of arresting the rebellious remnants, for the sake of the two Huai salt business. The excuse of the Pingnan army to break the house and search is impeccable, and Chen Yue, as the governor of Jiangbei, has this power.

Faced with this situation, Liang Huanping and Ma Mingming had nothing to say.

Of course, the soldiers moved too much during the search of the salt merchants' mansions, which caused heavy losses to the mansions, and the governor's palace also sealed the mansions under the pretext of harboring rebellion, and was being searched all over the city, and the salt merchants' shops, shops, warehouses, and courtyards were all in trouble.

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In a secret courtyard outside Yangzhou, Jiang Heming, Lin Xiaotian, and Shen Mo, the three lost dogs, gathered together to discuss countermeasures. The Pingnan army is wantonly taking people, and the three of them dare not stay in the city, if they are arrested on the charge of harboring rebellion, where will they go to reason?

"Bandits, robbers, bastards!" Lin Xiaotian scolded, thinking that the mansions, shops, and businesses in the city had been raided, his heart was dripping blood.

"Okay, stop scolding, no matter how hard you scold, you can't hurt a single hair of Chen Yue." Shen Mo also lost his usual calm, coupled with the big head that Lin Xiaotian yelled at, he finally couldn't help but say.

"Well, although our losses are great, they are still there. Our foundation is in the countless acres of salt pans along the coast, in the warehouses where salt is stored everywhere, and in our respective salt sales nest areas, there are these, as long as we pass the current level, we can make a comeback at any time. ”

Jiang Heming also said that since the incident has happened, the most important thing is to think of countermeasures, and abuse will not solve any problems.

"Chen Yue raided our house under the pretext of arresting the rebellious, I'm afraid that the means of the court are not enough to deal with him." Shen sighed.

The excuse of arresting the rebellious remnants is above board wherever it is placed, and the butts of himself and others are indeed not clean, and there are many people who are accused of crimes hidden in the mansion, which is equivalent to sending the handle to others.

"The court can't deal with him, let's do it ourselves, I don't believe him Chen Yue hides in the house all day and doesn't show his head!" Lin Xiaotian said viciously.

"What do you want to do? Want to assassinate Chen Yue? Jiang Heming suddenly jumped.

"He's already done something to us, so naturally he wants to fight back!" Lin Xiaotian stalked his neck and slammed it.

"Fart! Counterattack is not this counterattack method, do you want to kill us? Jiang Heming scolded angrily.

Chen Yue is the Marquis of Pingnan and the governor of Jiangbei, if he is assassinated, it will inevitably cause chaos in the government and the opposition, and no matter how many people have a strong background, they will not be able to protect themselves! Losing the important general of the Zhu State, the furious Emperor Chongzhen will directly issue an order to turn the entire Yangzhou upside down, not to mention Huaiyan's business, I am afraid that the lives of others will not be saved.

Moreover, Chen Yue still has tens of thousands of troops under his command, if Chen Yue is assassinated, his army will inevitably retaliate, and I am afraid that the entire Yangzhou will become a hell on earth.

Jiang Heming told the consequences, and the furious Lin Xiaotian was also stunned, and his head drooped involuntarily.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, are we just waiting for his surname Chen to attack us?" Lin Xiaotian muttered.

"Of course we won't wait, we must fight back, we must let Chen Yue know that it is powerful, and know that this Yangzhou is not a place for him to do whatever he wants!"

Jiang Heming gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"What should I do, Brother Jiang, you can make it clear." Seeing Jiang Heming like this, Lin Xiaotian hurriedly asked, looking at Jiang Heming with deep anticipation. “”

"We only need to do this, it will inevitably make Jiangbei a big mess, so that Chen Yue can no longer stay in Yangzhou, and can only roll back to Nanjing in disgrace."

Jiang Heming lowered his head and said in a low voice, the expressions on Lin Xiaotian and Shen Mo's faces changed, and they quickly showed a look of surprise.

"Brother Jiang, high, really tall!" Lin Xiaotian gave a thumbs up.

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In the Governor's Palace, the Yangzhou prefect Ma Zhi was full of gloom and was persuading Chen Yue.

"Master Hou, you have gone too far, Jiang Heming and the others are all famous scholars and celebrities in Yangzhou, you treat them as wanted criminals all of a sudden, which will make all the businessmen in Yangzhou uneasy."

"Ben Hou just sent troops to arrest Liu Liang and the rest of the party, and did not order Jiang Heming to arrest them, how can you say that they are wanted? Ma Fuzun can give them a letter and let them return to the city, but I am going to deal with the rebellious remnants, not them. Chen Yue said puzzled.

Ma Mingli suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard this, you have made such a big move, how dare they come back, what you say now is that you will not move them, but turn your face, will you arrest them again on the charge of harboring rebellion?

"Ma Fuzun, you have to believe that Ben Hou is definitely a law-abiding person, and all my actions will be in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never mess around. I only do what is within the scope of my authority as the governor of Jiangbei, and I will never do anything that violates the law and discipline! ”

Chen Yue said with an oath.

"Hehehe," in the face of Chen Yue's brazen words, Ma Mingming could only smile bitterly.

"Master Hou, it's better for you to be careful and don't overdo it. Jiang Heming and the others are not easy people, they will definitely fight back. I am afraid that it will lead to chaos in Yangzhou and even Lianghuai, and the situation will be out of control. Ma Mingli persuaded bitterly, as the prefect of Yangzhou, he was the one who did not want turmoil in Yangzhou the most.

"Ma Fuzun rest assured, there are tens of thousands of troops in Benhou, and Yangzhou and Huai can't get up!" Chen Yue patted his chest, and his eyes shimmered.