When I arrived in the capital, I was relieved when I saw the atmosphere of the capital: I was not late!

The seemingly calm of this capital shows that there are no well-known major events, and it is by no means the atmosphere that the old emperor died of illness and the new emperor ascended the throne.

And in the meantime, the hidden loose outside and tight inside, the occasional plainclothes spy flashing on the street, can hide from ordinary people, but he can't hide me.

If it's just one or two secret agents, it's hard to find them in the vast sea of people, but this secret agent roaming the streets is obviously to deter people with ulterior motives: I'm not afraid that you know that there is a problem, even if you know, you won't be able to jump.

Ning Wan pursed his lips disdainfully, he knew that he would be targeted as soon as he entered the city, but this was not a problem he needed to worry about, he dared to come openly, and naturally he was ready to be open. At this time, the more the capital is hidden, the more it will be exposed, and the more suspicion will be aroused.

The current identity of several of them is the treasurer and guard of the Jinshang Mountain Customs Chamber of Commerce.

It is well known that the Jin merchants had a lot of business outside the Guan. As long as it is not an embargoed item such as weapons, food, and salt, it is still necessary to trade inside and outside the customs.

After all, there are many rare medicinal herbs in the deep mountains outside the Guanwai. And the more people who can afford to use these medicinal materials, the more powerful and rich people are. And the rules of whether to embargo or not are precisely formulated by these people.

Even Chongzhen can't, he doesn't dare to ban these transactions, and even Chongzhen now hopes to increase such transactions. Hua Xue told him that there would be a great epidemic after the catastrophe, and in his mind, the import of medicinal herbs was the second most important matter after food hoarding.

Ning Wan I am proficient in literature and history, and I have hills and valleys in my belly, but I am addicted to gambling and have a lot of profit in my eyes. From the point of view of temperament, it is convenient for Daming's scholars to be out of place, and he has the image of a profiteer.

said that he was the shopkeeper of the firm, and the people who saw him could almost make up in their hearts and minds, how the scheming account office could make up the tricks on the account, overthrow the shopkeeper, or help the shopkeeper staff to be more superior, and then the whole story of his own position.

This image, with this kind of brain supplement, has no sense of disobedience. If it had not been for the establishment of the Manchu Dynasty, perhaps he would have followed such a path.

As for the few big men who followed behind him. In everyone's impression, Shanhaiguan is the front line of the border pass, and doing business there is strange without such a few men to escort it.

This set of identities was done for them by the shopkeeper of the Shanhaiguan branch of the Jin merchants who led them into the customs when they were in Shanhaiguan. When they left Shanhaiguan and entered Beijing, the Shanhaiguan branch also changed the shopkeeper at the same time, and announced that they had been transferred to the capital.

Even if Jinyiwei sent someone to Shanhaiguan to inquire, in this era when there were no cameras, it would be difficult to find out that Ning Wan and I were not actually the shopkeeper who was transferred. Graphic painting or something, they don't know how to spend snow realistic sketches, relying on this to confirm whether two people hundreds of miles away are not alone, it's not too child's play.

The Jin Chamber of Commerce in the capital is in Balizhuang, eight miles outside the Chaoyang Gate.

This is actually a suburb outside the city. Naturally, Jin merchants will not be able to afford to buy shops in the city, but it is a place for reception, although it is prosperous, it is cramped to live, how can there be a bright outside the city?

Ning Wan and a few of us had just entered the city and found a place to receive them, so they were arranged by the person in charge of the Jin Chamber of Commerce to live in the hall outside the city.

I'd rather play with me. A few of them have something to plan, and no matter how big the goal of such a few faces is, they will be closely watched if they stay in the city for a long time. For example, if you live outside the city, occasionally take someone to the city to get acquainted, and at a critical moment, it makes sense to find a random reason to celebrate and bring people together.

Now the person in charge of the Jin Chamber of Commerce in Beijing is none other than Fan Yongdou.

Fan Yongdou didn't come to the capital for Chongzhen, he couldn't stay in Shanxi anymore.

Of course, it's not because of man-made disasters, the eight Jin merchants are almost covering the sky with one hand in Shanxi, how can there be any man-made disasters affecting them!

It's because of natural disasters. That's right, hail.

Fan Yongdou was originally based in Shanxi. But hail from the sky, and there is a growing trend.

Fan Yongdou saw that the hailstone had already smashed down several houses, after all, he had done treason, and his heart was empty. Isn't this a curse? He hurriedly fled Shanxi and took refuge in the capital. I hope that with the dragon energy of the capital, I will protect myself from the curse. Or he felt that in the capital, there were also taller people in the capital, and it would not be his turn.

No matter how fast he fled, he was not as fast as eight hundred miles. He had left a day early, and he had arrived only yesterday.

On the way, he got the news of the capital and arranged a detailed investigation. I just got accurate news today, and Ning finished my party and arrived.

Fan Yongdou is not fat, but he is rich, and he is rich with clothes and bearing. is completely different from Fan Wencheng's old-fashioned scholarly appearance.

Ning Wan I am already very familiar with Fan Wencheng, but I don't feel that Fan Yongdou is familiar at all, I didn't expect that the two of them are from Shanxi and a native of Shenyang, and they are still brothers.

Fan Ning and the two sat down separately, exchanged polite words with each other, and praised Huang Taiji a few words, which was the main topic.

Fan Wencheng took out the news he had just received, handed it to Ning Wan, and explained: "The news sent out last time, because of the urgency of the situation, the chief shopkeeper under my command who is responsible for liaising with the outside of the customs directly made the decision and sent the news first. It was sent with the news that was reported to me. ”

He was embarrassed to say that he had come to Beijing for refuge, and in order to sell well, he continued: "I got the news and rushed to the capital non-stop, and I only arrived yesterday. ”

He pointed to the news in his hand again: "This is what the big shopkeeper ordered someone to investigate carefully, and the eight-hundred-mile expedited road is all on the surface, and the businesses along the road have news to send it." You see, one of them is from Shanxi, and I know that Shanxi is a bad hailstorm, as big as a bucket, and as sudden as it comes, without warning. When I was on my way to the capital, I was almost hit by a hailstorm. Naturally, this is another lie for hard work.

Another quick response was from Suzhou. However, this matter is quite strange, and there are no natural disasters or military disasters in Suzhou. I don't know what it's about. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to one of the materials and added: "By the way, there is another strange place in Suzhou. About half a month ago, Suzhou still had an 800-mile expedited delivery to the capital. The news is odd. Our friends in the court said that Chen Hongmi, the prefect of Suzhou, made a flattering note, saying that a stranger came to the door to say: The natural disasters of the Ming Dynasty in recent years are 'heavenly and constant', and have nothing to do with rumors such as 'the court is immoral'. Chongzhen also hyped it up at the court meeting for this reason, his emotions were extremely excited, his face was flushed, and his whole state was different from the past. ”

Finally, he added: "It was after that that that Chongzhen never showed up again. ”