The army under the banner of Jiu'an Grain Bank was dispatched overnight, and according to the list that had been investigated for a long time, they followed the vine and touched the melons, and almost wiped out the arrogant members of the wolf gang in the past.

Those who resist help to correct the law on the spot; The family members who dare to come forward are regarded as gangsters and are killed mercilessly; The salt merchant's family and salt ding came forward to stop it, but they were easily defeated by Liu Wenxiu's army, and all those who were not convinced met with the king of Hades.

In the middle of the night, the entire Yangzhou city was bloody, and everyone in the city was in danger. The wealthy businessmen were even more shocked and angry, afraid that Zhu Er would break into the door in a daze.

In the face of Zhu Shunming, who acted so unscrupulously, these wealthy businessmen who boasted of being bold and did not take the imperial court law into account began to be afraid. I knew that Zhu Er was so stunned, why did he have such a fuss with him? In case of...... The rich merchants did not dare to think about it, so they had to close the gates, strengthen their defenses, and pray to God.

That night, there was something Liu Wenxiu did not report to Zhu Shunming, and he regarded it as a trivial matter.

There was a master Bo who led the yacha to stop Liu Wenxiu from arresting and killing. Yacha is inextricably linked with the Wolf Gang, and naturally has tension with Liu Wenxiu's people.

Lord Bo Yizheng reprimanded and asked, "How can you arrest the right?" It is the responsibility of the government to arrest the bandits. For the sake of the victims, this official will not pursue them, and he will not quickly restrain them. Are you going to rebel? ”

Liu Wenxiu squinted at the master, waved his hand, like chasing flies, and said impatiently: "Go and go, see that you are an official errand, let you go." Otherwise, you guys who don't distinguish between black and white, the master will kill the world with one knife and one by one. ”

"You ......" the Lord was so angry that he couldn't stop jumping.

The situation is stronger than people, and the main Bo had to lead the team away angrily. This lord is named Shi Kefa.

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After dawn, people went out tremblingly and found that the streets were still peaceful, but there were no street gangsters who were rampant in the past, no hooligans and ruffians who bullied and dominated the market, and the second generation who were accustomed to molesting women from good families were also nowhere to be seen.

People who buy grain come to Wanshou Street. There is no trace of last night's blood on the street, it seems that nothing has happened. No matter how big things are, they will always be diluted by time.

The Jiu'an grain store opened early, and the rice with white flowers was piled up like a hill. It's still yesterday's old price, which reassures the civilians in line. Jiu'an, Jiu'an, it's good that it can really be peaceful for a long time.

The domineering behavior of Jiu'an Grain Bank caused a sensation in the entire Yangzhou Prefecture, and even spread throughout Nanzhili.

With the support of the prefect Wu Guifang, the Jiu'an Grain Store Escort continued to sweep away the underground forces formed by the wealthy merchants in Yangzhou Prefecture. The rich businessmen have bitter words, and they dare not speak out after suffering a big loss.

Zhu Shunming used money to open the way, persuaded Wu Guifang, and won the largest official power in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Then he used grain as a bargaining chip and dumped it at a low price, which not only hit the wealthy merchants of Yangzhou Mansion and earned a lot of money, but also won the hearts of the people of Yangzhou Prefecture.

Coupled with his powerful military strength, his actions are lawful, reasonable and well-founded, therefore, with the acquiescence of the officialdom, he was able to completely sweep away the disgraceful and glamorous spirits of Yangzhou Mansion with the momentum of destroying and decaying, and cut off a few of the open minions of the wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou.

Soon, Jiu'an Grain Store opened in the remaining five prefectures and counties of Yangzhou Prefecture. No one dares to come to the door anymore to find themselves uncomfortable. The rich businessmen trembled one by one, afraid that Zhu Er's butcher's knife would be cut down, how could they dare to give him a chance to go under the knife?

Grain prices in Yangzhou plummeted. It plummeted tenfold from more than 30 taels of stone, and there were still few people who cared about it. Everyone recognized the golden signboard of Jiu'an Grain Bank.

The rice of Jiu'an Grain Store is not only bright in color and luster, it is all good new grain, and it is not mixed with gravel bran at all, and it is enough to weigh and be sufficient, and it is truly childlike.

The grain merchants, who had piled up a large amount of grain, wanted to cry without tears. Food is not silver, and it can be stored indefinitely. After a long harvest, the grain becomes garbage.

What's more, in order to hoard high-priced grain, some grain merchants mortgaged their real estate and land to pawnshops and salt merchants in order to fight. Now that the price of grain has been suppressed by Zhu Erzi, it is lower than the purchase price, and it will be impossible to get rid of it for a while. Seeing that the current period is coming, if you don't repay the loan, the land, house, and even the wife and concubine will become someone else's.

Ma Tianxi committed suicide.

This once-glorious grain merchant, backed by Nanjing to guard Gonggong Liu, was rampant and arrogant in Yangzhou Mansion, which made many people dare not speak out.

But Ma Tianxi's fate also made everyone sigh.

Ma Tianxi recognized that the price of grain would rise, so he mortgaged all his family property and borrowed a lot of money. In the name of Gonggong Liu, he borrowed more than 100,000 taels from loan sharks, and ate tens of thousands of stone of rice at the price of 123 taels of grain.

But Zhu Shun obviously repaired the plank road, secretly crossed Chen Cang, opened the way with money, bought off the prefect Wu Guifang, and was able to enter Yangzhou Mansion.

Standing on the moral high ground of quelling the grain shortage, with the help of the highest administrative power of Yangzhou Prefecture, and with the powerful armed force, Zhu Shunming soon entered Yangzhou Prefecture, defeated a number of grain merchants in Yangzhou, uprooted all the forces in Yangzhou, and won a good reputation in Yangzhou officialdom and the people.

In the final analysis, it is the Yangzhou businessmen who have gone too far. Regardless of extravagance, these businessmen also want to seek a higher social status.

It's okay to seek social status, but there must always be a bottom line, and you can't use the life and death of millions of people in Yangzhou as bargaining chips.

Wu Guifang saw this, so he did not hesitate to give up the Yangzhou grain merchants and instead formed an alliance with Zhu Shunming.

Once Yangzhou caused a riot due to a lack of food, he, the prefect, bore the brunt of it, even if he was not killed on the spot by the mob, he could not escape the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was never soft on his ministers who made mistakes.

Ma Tianxi hanged himself, his family property was confiscated by the Nanjing Criminal Department, all his family members were affected, the woman was admitted to the sect, and the man was exiled to Lingnan.

Father-in-law Liu's eating appearance was so ugly that everyone was chilled. Ma Tianxi has been conscientiously managing the grain business for Liu Gonggong for more than ten years, and he has worked hard without merit. ended up like this, and the white gloves couldn't help but feel sad.

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Yangzhou grain merchants diving, hanging, no longer have the high-spirited and high-spirited scene of the past.

Thousands of stones and rice were pressed in the warehouse, unable to get rid of their hands, and those who forced debts came to the door day after day, threatened with knives and guns, and scolded the streets, causing a disturbance.

Zhu Shunming used the biggest weapon in his hand, grain, and hit the throat of Yangzhou merchants in one fell swoop, beating them speechless, and swallowing their tears, snot, and teeth together.

By the end of November, the grain price in Nanzhili had completely subsided and returned to the usual three taels of silver and one stone. The grain merchants were in complete despair.

With Zhu Er's stunned turmoil, and he has mastered the grain-producing area of Huguang, isn't the grain price set by him? The grain in the grain merchants' warehouses will never be able to increase in price. By the time of the new grain next year, won't these old millets become garbage?

There are desperate grains who find Jiu'an Grain, hoping that Jiu'an Grain can take over their grain.

Li Yuncai is very good at talking, and he agreed in one bite. However, the price is a bit low, one tael of silver and one stone of grain, less than one percent of the purchase price of Yangzhou grain merchants.

These overboard grain merchants were like a life-saving straw, and they sold their high-priced grain to Jiu'an Grain Store one after another. It's better to be able to sell for a penny than to rot in a warehouse.

With this money, a small house can be redeemed, and the family has a place to stay. You can also start a small business, and maybe you can make a comeback.

A large number of mortgaged shops and properties could not be recovered, and all of them were pushed to the market, causing the price of these collaterals to plummet, even less than 50% of normal days.

Zhu Shunming earned a huge amount of money from the entry and exit of grain, and he had enough funds to buy these industries.

Soon, the shops in the inner city of Yangzhou City, which used to be lively, changed their owners, and merchants from Huguang appeared in Yangzhou City.

The items they sold were inexpensive, novel and practical, and soon gained a firm foothold in Yangzhou City and gradually spread out.

At this point, Zhu Shunming's "school captain" plan realized the first step in the trilogy - a commercial invasion of Yangzhou Prefecture.

By the beginning of December, Zhu Shunming was not allowed to spend the New Year at home, but began the second step of his "school captain" plan - to cross the sea to Dengzhou.

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According to Shi Lei's Military Intelligence Department, Dengzhou was in chaos, with Kong Youde's rebels, Sun Yuanhua's imperial army, and reinforcements coming to support the counterinsurgency fighting in the Denglai area.

Originally, Sun Yuanhua's defenders were at a disadvantage, surrounded and beaten by Kong Youde's rebels, and the city of Dengzhou was breached.

Sun Yuanhua withdrew from Dengzhou and retreated to Qixia County to wait for help.

Later, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, sent the general soldier Jin Guoqi to lead troops to reinforce. Jin Guoqi was careless for a while, and was ambushed by the rebels, with many casualties. At the same time, he was frightened, hesitated and did not dare to advance, and did not dare to retreat.

The rebels were defending Dengzhou City, Sun Yuanhua occupied Qixia County, and the Jin State was in a dilemma, and the war entered a stalemate for a while.