In the west of Suzhou, Jinling will split the rudder. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the hall was full of seats. Not only did Zhong Buli, the head of the Jinling Association in Nanjing, arrive overnight, but even Gao Panlong, the old man of the Donglin Party in Wuxi, was also alarmed, and came to the city of Suzhou despite the fatigue of the boat.

Although his son was arrested, Zhong Buli's face could not see a trace of waves, and he said to Gao Panlong, who was sitting on top of the chief: "Gao Gong, the matter has come to this, how do you think we should deal with it?" ”

Under the light of the candles, Gao Panlong's face was gloomy, he glanced at the people in the hall, and said slowly: "The old man wants to hear the opinions of everyone here. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone talked about it privately, and after a while, Zhou Shunchang arched his hand to Gao Panlong and said: "Zhou Gong, I think that Governor Mao Yilu has always been timid on weekdays, and the reason why he dares to be so rampant today is to take the officers and soldiers of the guard to suppress the students, kill my righteous soldiers, and arrest my students, it is nothing more than the eunuch Liu Dexi to support him. Liu Dexi and other factory health talents are our henchmen, as long as they are in Suzhou for a day, we will not have a good life. ”

Gao Panlong frowned and said, "Everyone knows what you said, I just want to ask you if you have a way to deal with it?" ”

"This ......" Zhou Shunchang was a little embarrassed, and said, "The eunuch party is so domineering, we can launch the Shilin Qing Discussion, unite the gentry to send a letter of ten thousand words to the governor's yamen, put pressure on them, force them to release them, and unseal my Heshan Academy." ”

Gao Panlong smiled coldly and said, "What kind of person Liu Dexi is, if Shilin Qingyi and the Ten Thousand Words Book can scare him away, Wei Zhongxian will not send him to Jiangnan." ”

Zhou Shunchang's face became a little ugly, and he sobbed, "That'...... What about the high princess? ”

Gao Panlong snorted heavily between his nostrils and said, "The eunuch is ruthless, don't blame me for being unrighteous in Donglin." If they dare to close down our academy and arrest our students, won't we dare to tear down their ancestral halls and kill their minions? ”

As soon as these words fell, everyone was surprised, and Zhou Shunchang exclaimed: "Tear down the ancestral hall, kill Tiqi?" This...... Is this a violation of the laws of the imperial court? ”

Gao Panlong glared at him angrily and shouted, "When is it, still scruples about this, scruples about that?" If we continue to sink, I'm afraid that we will repeat the mistakes of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, have you forgotten how the eunuchs dealt with them? Do you just sit back and wait to be killed? In my opinion, Liu Dexi's next plan is to wipe out all the people you and me here today! ”

His roar suddenly made all the Donglin people present suddenly wake up.

Qian Qianyi coughed and asked tentatively: "Duke Zhou, if we retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, if the government investigates it, what should we do?" You must know that Premier Mao Yilu's military and political side can mobilize the garrison of the guard at any time, if we don't have a proper way to deal with it, I'm afraid we may not be the opponent of the eunuch party? ”

This sentence was said in the hearts of many people present, so many people echoed it.

Gao Panlong seemed to be very angry at his statement, and said coldly: "What kind of thing is Mao Yilu, if it weren't for Liu Dexi making trouble behind his back, how would he dare to deal with our Donglin Party with a real sword?" Stretched out his hand and pointed at everyone present, and continued, "When you were above the court that day, you were also a powerful person, but now why have you lost your fighting spirit and become like a turtle with a shrunken head, and you are not afraid that the world will laugh at me and other Donglin people are all cowardly and cowardly?" ”

Turning to Zhou Shunchang, he said: "What Jing Wen said just now is not completely unreasonable, mobilizing Shilin and uniting with the gentry is also a method, but these are still far from enough, at most they can threaten the eunuchs, and they cannot deal a substantial blow to them." Only by demolishing Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall and killing the minions sent by him will the eunuchs feel shocked, frightened, and understand the will of our Donglin party members. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, this is a matter of seeking skin with the tiger, if it is not successful, I am afraid that it will become a benevolent. But no one has the courage to oppose Gao Panlong, maybe what he said is the only feasible way at present, and it is not known, everyone has a fluke mentality in their hearts, what if Gao Panlong's plan succeeds?

Gao Panlong continued to cheer them on and said, "With Mr. Zhong here, what are you afraid of?" Mr. Zhong is in charge of the Jinling Society, his power is all over the south of the Yangtze River, and his martial arts are even more superb. Turning to Zhong Budao, "I don't know what Mr. Zhong thinks?" ”

Zhong Buli's face was solemn, and he said, "Gao Gong has indeed made up his mind?" ”

Gao Panlong sighed lightly for the first time, and whispered to him: "There is no way to retreat, is there a better way for Mr." ”

Zhong Buli pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Chen Zilong, Zhang Pu, including the dog are still detained in the prison, if you do it at this time, I am afraid that Liu Dexi will kill them Liwei, in my opinion, it is better to use a little trick, on the one hand, invite Liu Dexi to come to negotiate, and on the other hand, I will secretly send someone to rescue them from the prison." As long as we have no worries, we can let go of our hands and feet to fight against the eunuchs at that time. ”

"That's a way to do it." Gao Panlong couldn't help but think. He knew that Zhong Buli's son was still in prison, which might make Zhong Buli a little jealous, so he had to delay it first. Then he frowned and asked, "It's just that Liu Dexi will agree to negotiate with us?" That's probably unlikely. "Under the current situation, the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party have become fire and water, either you die or I die, so he doesn't believe that Liu Dexi will agree to negotiate with them.

Zhong Buli said: "Don't worry about this, Gao Gong. Although Li Shi, the eunuch of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, is named Eunuch Dang, he has some friendship with Zhong in private, and I believe that as long as he agrees to pull the strings from it, Liu Dexi may not sell this favor to him, after all, they are both Wei Zhongxian's right-hand men. Even if this negotiation fails, as long as Liu Dexi and others get out of the yamen, the success rate of my men sneaking into the prison to save people will be greatly increased. ”

Gao Panlong nodded and said, "Please leave this matter to Mr. Zhong!" ”

……

In the crisp sound of firecrackers, Jiangnan United Trading Company was finally established in Suzhou Ganjiang East Street.

The people of Fenghua Society are very happy, and the hard work of a month has not been in vain, and there are more than 10 merchants in Suzhou City who have joined the Lianshe Trading Company, and there are also some businessmen from all over the major towns who have close contacts with Fenghua Society on weekdays.

The establishment of the United Chamber of Commerce is only the first step, and Sun Yueling's next plan is to get the trading company up and running as soon as possible, so that everyone can see its benefits. Long before the establishment of the trading company, he sent personnel to Fujian to negotiate with Ao Fuyong and Zheng Zhilong, so that they could provide convenience for the escort of the goods of the cooperative trading company to the sea, and open a sales channel to the southeast sea.

Ao Fuyong and Zheng Zhilong have made it clear in their replies that they support Jiangnan Associated Press Trading Company and will do everything possible to help the trading company. If this move is successfully implemented, the trafficking channels in Suzhou and even the entire Jiangnan will open up a new world under the leadership of the Fenghua Society, bringing benefits to countless traders and ordinary people.

Now that the trading company has been established, the next plan is to prepare the goods for the South Seas as soon as possible. Since Sun Yueling promised to advance the funds by Fenghua Society for the first shipment, the rest of the merchants of the United Trading Company only needed to provide raw materials, so many merchants in the trading company expressed their willingness to obey the dispatch of Fenghua Society, and shouted that they would transport the goods to Fenghua Society.

After some careful consideration, Sun Yueling decided to start with the most basic fabrics, so as to start the first shot of the successful operation of the Lianshe Trading Company. Jiangnan is the hometown of silk cotton, the land is planted mostly silk cotton but not rice millet, so cotton cloth is the most common civilian goods in Jiangnan, and it is the easiest to buy.

But there is one thing that Sun Yueling is very worried about, that is, Chu Xinying made it clear to him that the money and silver that Fenghua Society can currently use for turnover may not be enough to support the purchase of the first batch of goods, which has become the most important reason for restricting this shipment.

In the back hall, Sun Yueling frowned and said to Chu Xinying: "What, can't we even take out two million taels of spare money?" According to his idea, he planned to sell cotton cloth worth two million taels of silver to Nanyang in the first batch, but now it seems difficult to achieve.

Chu Xinying shook her head and said: "At present, the amount of silver that we can circulate in our hands is about one million taels, and we have to stop some other transactions to make up the number, two million taels is not too much, there are more than two million cotton cloths purchased alone, and it will take several big ships to fit it." Why don't we reduce the number, after all, this is also the first time to trade across the sea, there is no need to invest too much, in case of an accident we will lose nothing. "According to the current price of cotton cloth, it is probably worth one tael of cotton cloth, so two million taels of silver can buy two million pieces of cotton cloth, which is not a small amount, so Chu Xinying persuaded him after careful consideration.

Sun Yueling's heart tightened when he heard this, and he suddenly felt bored. To be honest, he is not good at running a business, this is not his strong point, so all the business transactions in Fenghua Club are handed over to Han Xiaoshui and Chu Xinying to take care of, and he is only responsible for making decisions. Now that even Chu Xinying has said this, it seems that this large-scale cross-sea trafficking Fenghua Society is indeed facing difficulties and has not been caught.

But he was in a hurry now, because there was no time for him to take his time. In his mind, Jiangnan Lianshe Trading Company should not only expand and develop south of the river, but also extend its tentacles to the north of the river. Because as far as he knows, Shaanxi and Shanxi have begun to see a surge of displaced people due to drought for many years, and this situation seems to be nothing in the eyes of the government at that time, just some minor illnesses, but he is different, he knows that the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for hundreds of years, was eventually destroyed in the hands of these displaced people, so he wants to do something in advance, maybe he can prevent it from happening, plug the loophole that makes the Ming giant ship sink gradually, and save the Ming Dynasty from danger.

So he said to Chu Xinying: "Xinying, maybe I can fight and kill, but I really can't think of the slightest way to do this business." You are from a merchant family and have seen many people, can you help me think about it, is there any good way to accomplish this task? With a sigh, he continued, "It's not that I don't want to reduce the amount of trade, but the situation is urgent, the situation is pressing, and if we can't make a hit, I'm afraid that this Jiangnan United Trading Company will be stillborn and will never be trusted by others again." ”

Chu Xinying listened to what he said solemnly, looked at him and said, "Do you really want to make the scale so big?" ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said in a deep voice: "It must be so." Only in this way will the merchants of the United Trading Company see our strength clearly, and only when they get enough rewards will they operate according to the rules we have set in the future, and they will obey all our dispatches. ”

Chu Xinying frowned, exhaled a long breath, and said, "Since that's the case, let me figure out a way, I must make up the two million taels of silver, and I won't let you down." ”

Sun Yueling was excited, stretched out his hand and pulled her and said, "In this way, I will work hard for you, and being able to know you is really a blessing from my three lifetimes." ”

Chu Xinying shook her hand and said angrily: "How did I know you, I have never let me worry." ”

Sun Yueling grinned and said, "Don't worry, when you become famous for your husband, you will definitely be able to live a stable and good life." At that time, you and I will be able to put Manan Mountain and wander the rivers and lakes! ”

"you!" Chu Xinying turned around suddenly, leaving him with a graceful back.

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In the inner hall of the governor's yamen, Liu Dexi held a gold-threaded invitation in his hand, patting rhythmically on the case, but his eyes were aimed at Mao Yilu, and said: "Li Shi of the Weaving Bureau came forward and sent an invitation to Jinling Hui Zhong Buli, and wanted to invite me to the banquet to discuss, Mao Zhongcheng, do you think this can be made?" ”

When Mao Yilu heard this, he immediately didn't know how to answer. According to what he thought in his heart, since Donglin Academy had been seized and some troublemakers led by him had been arrested, it was best to take this opportunity to step down and calm things down; But he didn't know what Liu Dexi was thinking, in case he didn't think the same as he thought, but planned to investigate deeply, then his statement was likely to anger Liu Dexi.

But I can't help but answer, otherwise wouldn't I seem to be very incompetent, frowning and thinking for a long time before saying, "This...... Xia Guan believes that it is okay to talk to Jinling to see what they want. If these Donglin Party members still want to gather people to make trouble, then we should take precautions early and take people in time. After these words came out, I couldn't help but feel relaxed, and I didn't know if I would be recognized by Liu Dexi.

Liu Dexi sneered in his heart when he heard this, this Mao Yilu obviously wanted to calm down the incident, but he didn't dare to say it directly, but said it so vaguely, this person was so timid and afraid, I really don't know how Gonggong Wei fell in love with him.