"That's right, the prince will leave Nanjing soon, and it will be interesting to see if Shen's words will come true. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Shen Cong knew that Zhu Di's opinion of himself was definitely not as important as before, thinking that his strength was weakened by the emperor and he could control himself, in this case, why not sell a magical power, let him see his own power, lest he despise himself again in the future.

Zhu Di looked at Shen Cong and believed but didn't believe it in his heart, but Shen Cong didn't give him a chance to ask questions, so he turned around and left.

Leaving the Yanwang Mansion in the dark, this is the first time Shen Cong walked alone in the night market, in many modern TV series, the ancient night market was brightly lit and very prosperous, but this is not the case.

At this moment, the night market in Jinling is very quiet, far from the bright lights and bustling in the TV series, and the lights on the streets are also very dim, there are almost no lights, but there is also some light in some important streets, and Shen Cong is not so afraid when he walks on the road.

For the lighting of the streets at night, the ancients also came up with some outdoor lighting methods, such as from the Tang and Song dynasties, streets or bridges with more pedestrians often set up public welfare street lamps, and some wealthy temples will also light the everlasting lamp on the top of the tower to show that the Buddha's light shines, and the same is true in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the government has always tried to manage the people's work and rest time, and did not allow the people to leave at will, because at night, the government is most likely to lose control of the common people.

For example, during the Tang and Song dynasties, officials found that there were often people in various places who "joined the party and the group, gathered at night and dispersed", and immediately felt as if they were facing a great enemy. Therefore, in most of ancient China, there were laws and regulations on curfews - every dusk, the city gates were locked, and all residential areas were also closed, and if there was no important matter, it was not allowed to walk on the streets, otherwise it was called "committing a night" and was punished.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a punishment here, so there was an endless stream of officers and soldiers patrolling the streets, these officers and soldiers came to check Shen Cong's identity many times, and Shen Cong casually showed the token given by Hu Weiyong, but he was also safe and sound, not like everyone else, he was arrested by the government and put in prison waiting for his family to spend money to save his life.

When I returned to the Octagonal Tower, it was the most prosperous time for business in the Octagonal Tower, almost every room was full, it was difficult to have a vacant room, and there were almost laughter and all kinds of looming gasps in every room.

"Boss, you're back." Xiao Er recognized Shen Cong and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Shen Cong nodded and said, "Go and call all the masters." ”

"Yes." Xiao Er's neat left.

Shen never paid attention to some people's eyes, and returned to his study to wait for the head of the Shen family to come to see him.

After a while, these people quickly came to the study to see Shen Cong.

"During the recent period when the boss was away, nothing happened to the Shen family, right? Yan Wang Zhu Di sent someone to meddle in our business. Beckoning everyone to sit down, Shen Cong stood up and asked.

"Boss, during the time you left, the Shen family was also peaceful, business was going on as usual, and the business of the tile spur was also carried out very well, there was no problem with the circulation of goods, and it was very convenient to enter and exit the checkpoint."

"Under your instructions, the Shen family's traditional business has not been affected, and it continues to develop! It's just that we have lost the market in most areas of Jiangnan, but because we have acquired a lot of Qinglou, and the benefits brought by Qinglou have offset the losses of Jiangnan to a certain extent, so the total loss of the Shen family is quite acceptable. ”

"Although King Yan sent someone to intervene, but because we didn't have your mark, we didn't listen to him, boss, don't worry."

Shen Cong nodded after listening: "The Jiangnan region is the target of the emperor's key suppression, and the shops in the north are also the objects of the emperor's suppression, and if they are lost, they will be lost, this is nothing to be ashamed of, after all, the imperial court will do it himself, we can't resist, right?" ”

"But boss, our current business is concentrated in these current areas, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for profits to support the operation of the Shen family in the next few years, plus your investment costs a lot ......."

"These are not problems, the crops produced on the land over there are about to mature, and those crops are not available in these places in the Central Plains, when the time comes, they will be processed and then transported to the Central Plains for sale, and the profits will be enough." Shen Cong waved his hand and continued: "The port on the Vladivostok side has been successfully built, and the loss of overseas trade is not large, and as far as the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is difficult for us to make a move, so in the next few years, we will transfer all the industries overseas, and wait until the Ming Dynasty stabilizes and come back, do you all understand." ”

"But the market here is the biggest, and it's the richest, and if we lose it, I'm afraid our profits will ......."

"No matter how rich it is, no matter how powerful it is, you have to remember one thing, that is, everything here does not belong to us, and the slightest carelessness will be solved by His Majesty the Emperor, and all efforts will be in vain, so we must transfer, this is nothing to say." Shen Cong immediately interrupted him.

"What we need is a market where there is no exorbitant taxes and no miscellaneous taxes, and normal trade circulation." Shen Cong sneered and said: "The year's income of the tile spur has also come out, and you should also know that although the market of the tile spur is relatively small, but because we don't have any taxes there, our profits are not a lot." On the contrary, here in the Central Plains, most of the money we have worked hard to earn has to be handed over to the imperial court, and the imperial court uses this money to deal with us in turn, which is not worth the deal. ”

The money earned by the merchants worked hard to support the court, and the court took the money from the merchants and did not know how to thank them, but on the contrary, they came to suppress the merchants, and such a good thing should also end.

Everyone listened to Shen Cong's words and said nothing.

"Okay, the current decision is like this, the Shen family's business in Daming can be moved away except for the Qinglou, as for where to move, you will know later, part of the current Shen family's business will be concentrated in the fief of King Yan first, and the rest will all go to the tile spur, and the shops here will either be burned or sold." Shen Cong commanded everyone.

Even if everyone felt that something was wrong, they didn't dare to disobey the order of the head of the Shen family, and they all agreed at the moment.

After carefully instructing everyone, Shen Cong nodded and let everyone rest.

I don't know why, Shen Cong only felt that his whereabouts would be found out by the emperor sooner or later, so the Ming Dynasty would really not be able to stay.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment is very short of silver, because the Nanjing city wall is already under construction, although the emperor took the business and wealth of Shen Jiaming, but these wealth seems to be just to build a city wall, as for the emperor to do other things, then he can only take silver from other places.

The Shen family refused to be the wronged boss this time.