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Tonight, Sun Yueling set up several tables here to entertain the head of the United Trading Company. Since the influx of cotton cloth dealers from all over the south of the Yangtze River, the price of cotton cloth in Suzhou has risen one after another, reaching six taels of silver per horse. Subsequently, prices in Suzhou skyrocketed, and the prices of various daily necessities rose unbelievably, making the burden of the people at the bottom of Suzhou heavy.

At this time, not to mention the trafficking of other tea, porcelain, etc., I am afraid that even the most basic grains, oils, rice and beans will not be easily purchased, lest the price will fluctuate greatly again. Sun Yueling could only sigh secretly, the Wei and Li families really did everything to deal with the newly established Associated Society Chamber of Commerce, not only did not care about the lives of the local people, but also did not hesitate to pull them off at the expense of their own losses.

Fortunately, the United Trading Company coped with it appropriately, and the merchants had already sold out the warehouses and fabrics in their hands, and they also made a lot of price differences, but I don't know if there will be any conspiracy to be carried out in the next step after their trick fails.

However, Sun Yueling can't manage this much, and now he can only see the moves, build a bridge when he encounters the river, and take one step at a time. Today's banquet for the heads of the trading company is to gather everyone's fighting spirit and let everyone know that he, Sun Yueling, has not flinched, but intends to continue to fight against the Wei and Li families.

At this time, Yan Peiwei and his second brother Yan Peiyu both stood up, raised their wine glasses and said: "This time, the Wei and Li families lifted a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, and our Lianshe Trading Company made a fortune. ”

Sun Yueling waved his hand and smiled: "Where is it, the two bosses are too polite." The road to the Associated Press Trading Company is still very long, and I will have to bother the two of you in the future, so I did it! "With that, raise a glass and drink it all.

Yang Nianru and the others also echoed at this time, raising their glasses together to salute Sun Yueling.

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly in his heart, since he came to Jiangnan, trivial matters have increased, and he has no leisure every day, although the power of Fenghua Society has expanded, and the capital has become thicker, but his martial arts are negligent in practice, and no breakthrough has been made. If this continues, I am afraid that he will gradually become a second-rate master, and he will never be able to climb to the peak of martial arts.

But the people in the rivers and lakes couldn't help it, so he had to stand up and said: "Thanks to your love so much, why don't we drink this cup together, I hope that the United Trading Company will become bigger and bigger, and become one of the top chambers of commerce in my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Everyone toasted, and the scene became lively again.

After drinking, Yan Peiyu said with a smile: "The price of cotton cloth on the market has risen to six taels and one horse, and our silk shop has already sold out the cotton cloth in the warehouse at four taels, and it is really unexpected to earn 100,000 taels of silver without effort." ”

"Isn't it?" Shen Yang continued, "Even I earn 20,000 taels from it. Now that the price of cotton cloth is so high, I am afraid that the Wei and Li families will lose money, and they will not dare to easily attack our Associated Society. ”

"Boss Shen's words are wrong!" Yang Nianru finished the conversation and said, "Do you think that the Wei and Li clans are so easy to deal with?" As far as I know, they have already gotten off this ship and sold all the cotton cloth they bought, and now most of these cotton cloths have fallen into the hands of the speculative merchants and the Tongshan Association that have poured in from other places, and the Wei and Li families have not lost in this turmoil, and I am afraid that the money they will earn will not be less than that of you and me, but only more. ”

"What?" Shen Yang was surprised and said, "They also sold the cotton cloth in their hands?" ”

Yang Nianru nodded and said, "I came here with all my painstaking efforts to find out this matter, and I can't make a mistake." ”

"Hell, cunning bunnies!" Shen Yang couldn't help but scold. If it is true, as Yang Nianru said, the Wei and Li families have already sold the cotton cloth they have accumulated in their hands, then the foreign traders who finally took over the speculation may have to lose nothing and suffer huge losses.

Sun Yueling was surprised: "Why is the Fellow Charity Association still in the middle of the group, haven't they already withdrawn?" ”

Yang Nianru shook his head and sighed: "Originally, they had already gotten off this ship, but who knew that Gao Shihe, greedy for profits, actually invested in it again with profits, joined the hype, and wanted to multiply the profits several times." ”

"They are looking for death, the price of cotton cloth has risen like this, is it possible that it will rise to ten taels and one horses?" Yan Peiyu shouted.

Yang Nianru smiled bitterly and said, "Who knows? Things have developed to this point, cloth merchants from all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are gathered here, if this speculation is allowed to disperse, I am afraid that the price of cotton cloth will not only not fall, but will continue to rise, even if it is to break through the ten or two major mark, it is not impossible! ”

Sun Yueling frowned and asked, "What is the move of the official yamen?" "The hype cotton turmoil has seriously affected the market and people's livelihood, and the strange thing is that the government yamen has hardly taken any action.

Yang Nianru snorted lightly and said: "Jiangsu Governor Mao Yilu is the biggest backstage of the Wei and Li Shang clans, and many officials in the yamen are also close to them, they either wait for our United Trading Company to close down, or they can earn enough silver in this cloth price turmoil, otherwise don't expect them to intervene!" ”

"Mao Yilu is the backstage of the Wei and Li families?" Many small traders who did not know the inside information exclaimed.

Since he has said this point, Yang Nianru no longer conceals it, and said: "Mao Yilu and the Wei family have a very close relationship, and it is said that the brother of Mao Yilu's concubine is the chief butler of the Wei family; There is also the Li family, it is said that Mao Yilu can be the governor of either party, which is because of the strong support of the Li family. ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was relieved. No wonder the government yamen turned a blind eye to the cloth price turmoil this time, it turned out that the governor Mao Yilu turned out to be the backstage of the Wei and Li families.

Sun Yueling pondered for a while and said: "Since we know that Mao Yilu is the backstage of the Wei and Li families, this is an extraordinary period, Mao Yilu is cooperating with Jinyi Wei to arrest the Jiangnan Donglin Party, it is best for our United Trading Company not to get involved in the hype, everything must be low-key, and wait until this turmoil has passed before making plans." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and a vendor tentatively asked him: "The leader of the meeting also worked in Donglin, will the battle between the eunuchs and Donglin ...... this time?"

Sun Yueling knew what he was worried about, which was also the common thought of everyone present, so he dispelled his worries and said: "Don't worry, although I have worked for Donglin, I have never asked about Donglin since Ye Shoufu Zhishi. I don't think I'll be implicated in this party dispute. ”

Everyone knows that he has always been squeezed out by Gao Panlong, Zhou Shunchang, and other Donglin gentlemen, and is not allowed to be at the top of Donglin, but now listening to his personal explanation, he suddenly let go of the burden in his heart.

When the feast was over, they went downstairs. At this time, a thin line of rain suddenly floated in the night sky, cool and soft, shrouding the streets with lights on both sides, adding a bit of poetry to the night of this splendid Jiangnan.

It was when the wine was hot, Yan Peiyu couldn't help but say: "Master, it's rare that everyone is so interested today, why don't you go to Wenxiang Pavilion together?" ”

Yang Nianru also echoed: "Yes, Wenxiang Pavilion is opposite, and Suzhou top brand Fengli girl is also in the pavilion, this is an elegant thing, why don't you take me and others to enjoy it?" ”

Shen Yang shouted at the top of his throat and said, "I've only been to some Goolan tile shops in my life, and I've never set foot in such a high-end attic, and I don't know what the girls inside look like, are they as beautiful as fairies in the sky?" The owner must take me to open my eyes! ”

Everyone was noisy for a while, and persuaded Sun Yueling to take them to play. These people are all some traders and tooth wits, to say that the brothel Qinglou has not been to it, but with their status, Wenxiang Pavilion has never set foot in a high-level Fengyue place, so they are all very excited - if they are led in by a famous person of Sun Yueling's status, they must not be stopped by those turtle slaves who look down on people.

Sun Yueling was speechless, and everyone said that he seemed to often visit such Fengyue places, and said helplessly: "Okay, since everyone is in high spirits, let's go to the Wenxiang Pavilion for a visit!" With that, he took the lead and walked away.

Coming to the brilliant lights of the Wenxiang Pavilion archway, Sun Yueling looked up at the hazy rain, the Wenxiang Pavilion is three floors high, carved beams and painted buildings, golden and brilliant, it is really extraordinary. In front of the attic, there are flowers and trees, the fragrance is fragrant, there is a river meandering behind the pavilion, the river is murmuring, and it adds countless elegance to this excellent wind and moon occasion.

Sun Yueling was about to step through the door, but saw two runners come forward and said, "Wenxiang Pavilion has been chartered, and we will not accept guests tonight." ”

Shen Yang couldn't help it when he heard it, and shouted: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is the master of the Fenghua Society, you dare to stop it?" ”

One of them heard Sun Yueling's name, and leaned over to him and said: "I'm sorry, the attic was indeed taken over tonight, and I ask Lord Sun to come back another day!" ”

Sun Yueling was surprised: "I don't know who is so arrogant that he actually chartered the first building in Suzhou?" ”

The man hesitated for a while, but still replied: "This, I don't know who it is, I only heard that it is the father-in-law of the Weaving Bureau." ”

Sun Yueling was stunned when he heard this, Zhong Buli asked Li Shi of the Weaving Bureau to come forward, and he also heard a little about inviting Liu Dexi of the eunuch party to negotiate, so it was difficult for their meeting to be bumped into by them tonight. After thinking about it, since it was Li Shi who went out of the bread and went down to the Wenxiang Pavilion, it seemed that their trip to Fengyue could only be in the soup, so he turned his head and smiled at everyone: "It's really unfortunate, the attic has been chartered, it seems that I will only come again next time." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone sighed, and their disappointment was overflowing. Shen Yang even scolded in the attic, and said, "The eunuch is visiting the kiln, what is his bullshit!" ”

Someone laughed and said: "How can a eunuch have eggs, you can't even scold people......

Shen Yang said angrily: "Aren't they just people who don't have eggs, damn it, the bitches of this Wenxiang Pavilion are also cheap, good normal people don't serve, go and serve those who have lost their children and grandchildren......"

Before he finished speaking, he was quickly covered with his hands, for fear that he would say something disrespectful.

Sun Yueling didn't want to cause more trouble, so he said: "Let's go, there will be a chance to come again in the future, next time I will definitely charter the entire Wenxiang Pavilion and let the bosses have a good time!" ”

Because Wenxiang Pavilion was taken down, in desperation, everyone had to disperse with their own gifts.

After Sun Yueling said goodbye to everyone, he walked along the riverside waterway towards Ganjiang East Street. Although the sky is drizzling, but such weather is no need to play an umbrella, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is not more cold than the rain in the north, it is very gentle, very gentle, very indifferent, like a young woman whispering in your ear, making people feel more comfortable with endless aftertaste.

He has not been alone for a long time as he is now, so he enjoys this time of strolling alone. Watching the continuous rain line ripple in the river round after circle, let the raindrops fall on the face and neck to bring a trace of coolness, as if the dust and fatigue on the body have been washed away, and all that remains is the long-lost comfort and comfort.

It was not possible to go to Wenxiang Pavilion, but in exchange for this time to be alone along the river, Sun Yueling's heart was clear, and his mind suddenly felt much clearer than usual, and he couldn't help but think carefully about what happened in these days.

Under Qi Liao's disclosure, Fenghua Society finally withdrew from this party struggle, leaving no handle in the hands of Liu Dexi and others. But those people in the Jinling Society did not escape this catastrophe, first the Heshan Academy was sealed, and then Zhong Yansong, Zhang Pu and others were arrested, the matter has developed to such an urgent point, it is no wonder that Zhong Buli personally rushed from Nanjing to deal with the current critical situation.

According to what his subordinates knew, Zhong Buli planned to invite Liu Dexi to talk in person, hoping to solve the dilemma he was facing. It was this point that made him have doubts in his heart, Zhong Buli may not know Liu Dexi's personality, but his Sun Yueling is clear. Liu Dexi is narrow-minded in popularity, and he will repay him, and when he was in Beijing, he hated their Donglin Party, and now he is leading Tiqi to the south, how can there be any reason to negotiate reconciliation with Donglin?

Liu Dexi agreed to negotiate this time, maybe it was a trap set against Zhong Buli. As soon as he thought of this, Sun Yueling's heart fluctuated, if this was the case, I am afraid that Zhong Buli would face great danger, and if he didn't do it, he would be killed in Wenxiang Pavilion.

Whether to stay out of the matter or intervene, Sun Yueling became entangled and had a difficult choice for a while.

Since he came to Jiangnan, the Jinling Society and the high-level of Donglin have hindered him in every way, and they don't regard him as a part of Donglin at all, not only did they not help Fenghua Society at all, but they also made it difficult to suppress them everywhere, if it weren't for their hard work, it would be difficult for Fenghua Society to gain a foothold in Jiangnan.

When I think about it, it's confusing and torsome.