Zhu Hongsan looked at Fan Yongdou, who was cautious in front of him, smiled and said, "Several of you have made a contribution to the extermination of Jiang Yang, and I will not forget you." Now that the imperial court is going to reopen the mutual market, what should you all do? ”

The emperor has an order, and the heads of these eight families began to speak freely, not to mention, these eight families still have two brushes, and the separation of officials and businessmen that Fan Yongdou said is very interesting. Zhu Hongsan comes from later generations, and naturally knows that if the government and enterprises are not separated, they will inevitably ossify in the future, but Zhu Hongsan is now a vested interest, how can he give such a big cake of border trade to outsiders?

After listening to these eight people, Zhu Hongsan continued: "What you said is very right, it seems that there is a reason why the eight of you can become big businessmen!" Then Zhu Hongsan's words changed: "But you should also understand my difficulties, the country has no money now, there are wars everywhere in the Northeast and the South Seas, although I am rich all over the world, but my life is not as good as yours!" ”

Fan Yongdou knew what was going on when he heard the emperor complaining here, and the emperor saw that the eight of them were here to rip off the bamboo poles, and Fan Yongdou and the other eight knew very well. But they can't help it, now people have knives in their hands, although the eight families also have some dark power, but can they compete with the state's violent organs?

Fan Yongdou and the others had reached an agreement before they came, and the emperor would give him some if he wanted to extort money, so he should spend money to buy peace.

Fan Yongdou secretly scolded in his heart: These nine-headed birds in Huguang eat people and don't spit out bones, they just sent 100,000 silver dollars to Ma Mingyuan in Beijing a few years ago, and now they have to give it to this faint king.

Fan Yongdou scolded in his heart, but he didn't dare to say so, Fan Yongdou knelt down at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is Your Majesty's subject, and the lord is in trouble and the minister is naturally heartbroken, so His Majesty is willing to offer 10,000 silver dollars to share your Majesty's worries!" ”

Fan Yongdou said this, and the other seven also expressed their positions, and these eight big businessmen pooled a total of 50,000 silver dollars to give to Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan was very happy to hear that he had the money, and said with a happy smile: "Okay, I need loyal ministers like you, the meal should be ready, let's eat first, and then talk after eating!" ”

The emperor ordered the banquet to be opened, and the little eunuch who had already prepared outside the door began to set up the tableware, and after a while, eight copper basins were brought up from outside the hall, and charcoal was placed below, and the copper basins were covered with lids, and they were steaming. As soon as the copper basin was carried into the house, a smell of meat filled the room.

The eight merchants led by Fan Yongdou are extremely wealthy, and naturally they have eaten all kinds of dishes, but they have not eaten this kind of dish on the copper basin, and they are all very curious.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the eight copper basins placed in front of the eight people, and said with a smile: "This dish is a famous dish in Yangzhou, grilled pig's head!" I've been preparing for you since last night, and I've been simmering for more than an hour now, and it's the best time to taste! ”

Roasted pig's head is a famous dish in Huaiyang, simmered with a whole pig's head, of course, these eight heads of the family have eaten, but this kind of palace kitchen has not been eaten. Now it is very good to smell the smell of meat, so the eight of them are looking forward to looking at the copper basin one by one.

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and motioned to the little eunuch to open the copper basin, and the eight people were surprised when they saw the basin. What kind of simmered pig's head was in the basin, but a human head was placed in the basin, and he looked at the eight people with bared teeth.

A few of the eight people were timid, and they fainted with a scream when they saw this terrifying scene, and Fan Yongdou had seen the world, he had been doing business all year round, and he had seen the Mongols cut off people's heads, so he could still hold on.

Fan Yongdou asked in horror: "Your Majesty, this is... What is it? ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "What? Fan Yongdou, you don't recognize? You're taking a closer look! ”

After Zhu Hongsan's reminder, Fan Yongdou carefully looked at the head in front of him, this head has been boiled after simmering, and the nose and ears have been stewed, but the basic appearance of the face can still be seen clearly. Fan Yongdou was shocked when he saw it, it turned out that this head was his son Fan Chengyin.

Fan Yongdou probably lacks virtue and does too much, he has a hard time in his life, and now he only has two sons, the eldest son Fan Chengzhi did business with him in his early years, and died outside the gate, leaving only the youngest son Fan Chengyin. Fan Yongdou has been getting older in the past few years, so he handed over all the business to his youngest son Fan Chengyin to take care of, and lived in Xuanfu for the elderly. But what Fan Yongdou didn't expect was how his son became a famous dish in Huaiyang?

It turned out that Zhu Hongsan came to Xuanfu for the purpose of exterminating these eight families, and any invitation to dinner was just rhetoric. After Zhu Hongsan entered Xuanfu yesterday, the new army outside the city immediately sent a regiment to Zhangjiakou, 20 miles away, to confiscate all the shops of the eight families in Zhangjiakou, and the sons and nephews of the eight families in charge of Zhangjiakou became prisoners.

These eight nephews were escorted back to Xuanfu overnight last night, and they were slaughtered on the spot in the back kitchen of the General Military Mansion to make this famous Huaiyang dish.

Fan Yongdou looked at his son's head, his eyes were splitting with anger, he stood up and pointed at Zhu Hongsan and scolded: "You faint king, why are you treating my son like this? My Fan family has made great contributions to you in exterminating Jiang Yang, aren't you afraid that people in the world will say that you will kill heroes? At this time, Fan Yongdou had already been released, he was such a son, and now that he was dead, he didn't want to live.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Fan Yongdou and smiled: "What kind of hero are you?" You're nothing more than a clown in my eyes! Do you know why I made your son into a pig's head today? This is to avenge the more than 800,000 unjust souls who died in the hands of the Manchus in Yangzhou! Without the blood transfusion of the Manchus by the eight of you, would the Manchus be able to bring the Manchus back to life again and again? Can the Manchus enter the Central Plains? Do you know how many hundreds of millions of Han people have died all over the world? ”

Zhu Hongsan said that these words were just to convict the eight families, in fact, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty slaughtered many places in the city after entering the customs, it could not be compared with the people killed by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others. Today, Zhu Hongsan wants to seize the property of the eight families, so he naturally wants to buckle the basin on the heads of the eight families, so that Zhu Hongsan can copy their family reasonably and legally.

"Fan Yongdou, and the seven of you, do you think I don't know anything? Fan Yongdou, you sent 100,000 silver dollars to Ma Mingyuan last year, and the other seven families also sent tens of thousands, how can you give me just a little bit and send it to Huazi? Zhu Hongsan has a brocade guard in his hand, so he naturally knows that these Shanxi people give silver to those powerful people in Beijing, and today Fan Yongdou only gave Zhu Hongsan 10,000 silver dollars, which is enough for Zhu Hongsan to kill his whole family.

Fan Yongdou was already kneeling on the ground by Jinyi Wei at this time, Fan Yongdou gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu has no silver, you kill Lao Tzu!" ”

Seeing that Fan Yongdou was ready to fight to the end, Zhu Hongsan had already prepared and said to Li Chengen, who was following him: "Let's all bet up!" ”

Li Chengen bowed down and went out to make arrangements, and after a while, more than 200 people came crying outside the gate of the Kung Fu General Soldier's Mansion, all of whom were women and children, all dressed in silk and satin, and they were the families of the eight merchants in the lobby.

It turned out that in the morning, the heads of these eight families followed the palace supervisor to learn etiquette, and Zhu Hongsan took advantage of this gap to send Jinyi guards to catch all the eight family members in Xuanfu.

At this time, the heads of the family who had passed out had already woken up, and saw that their wives and children had been arrested, and they didn't know what Zhu Hongsan wanted to do next, and they either knelt down and begged for mercy or shouted angrily. Zhu Hongsan frowned and said to Jin Yiwei: "Let them all shut up!" ”

Those brocade guards took out rags one after another to plug the mouths of the eight people, and the lobby immediately fell silent.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the group of women and children outside, and then asked, "Who are Fan Yongdou's family members!" ”

The emperor ordered someone to go out immediately to separate Fan Yongdou's family, and there were probably more than 20 people, standing in the courtyard trembling one by one.

Zhu Hongsan took everyone out of the lobby and came to the courtyard, standing in front of more than 20 people to watch carefully, these people were men, women and children, but one of them was a pregnant woman and a seven or eight-year-old child were the most eye-catching.

Zhu Hongsan pointed at the child and asked, "Who is this Fan Yongdou?" ”

Li Chengen bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, this kid is Fan Yongdou's eldest grandson, Fan Yu!" ”

Zhu Hongsan thought that Fan Yongdou's children and grandchildren were all dead, so knowing that there was still one left, Zhu Hongsan's eyes lit up, it seems that whether he can pry open Fan Yongdou's mouth today is on this kid.

Fan Yongdou was gagged by Jinyiwei at this time, and saw Zhu Hongsan ask about his grandson Fan Yu, this is Fan Yongdou's favorite grandson, and Fan Yongdou's only direct heir, and now seeing that his grandson is going to be unlucky, Fan Yongdou knelt on the ground and whined in his mouth, but his mouth was blocked and he couldn't hear what he called.

Zhu Hongsan saw that Fan Yongdou was so anxious, and said with a smile: "Fan Yongdou, don't worry, I am a soft-hearted person, and your grandson will naturally stay at the end!" After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he looked at the pregnant woman and asked, "Who is this chick?" ”

The pregnant woman, who was in her twenties, trembled with fright when she was caught, and looked pitiful. Li Chengen, who was beside Zhu Hongsan, said: "Emperor, this is the wife of Fan Yongdou's second son, Fan Chengyin, who is already six months pregnant!" ”

"Good!" Zhu Hongsan said to Zhao Liangdong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town beside him: "Chief soldier Zhao, how about I make a bet with you!" ”

Zhao Liangdong has fought all his life, and he killed countless people when he followed Hong Chengchou to exterminate the Liukou, but he has never seen this kind of steamed head today. Now Zhao Liangdong was frightened by the emperor's ruthless methods, and when he heard the emperor call his name, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the last general. . . The last general is wrong, the last general should not accept Fan Yongdou's silver, the last general received a total of 5,000 silver dollars from Fan Yongdou, and now the last general is handed over, please spare the last general's life! ”

Zhu Hongsan laughed when he saw Zhao Liangdong frightened like this, patted Zhao Liangdong on the shoulder and said: "Old Zhao, you are different from them, you are still useful to me, so I will not clean you up, but the eight of them are different, it is useless and they still hold so much property, what do you say I can do?" So Lao Zhao, you have to be a useful person to me in the future, you know? ”

Zhao Liangdong was frightened by the emperor's teeth fighting, and stumbled and said, "Please. . . Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the last general. The last general will be a useful person! ”