"It's like a lion opening his mouth, how can this thief be so arrogant,"

In Zhangjiakou, in Fan's mansion, a graceful demeanor, dressed in wealth and luxury, with a green mother wrench in his hand, sitting there, naturally there is a momentum of not being angry and mighty, he is the late Ming Dynasty Jin merchant Haoqiang, the head of the eight families Fan Yongdou. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But today, he was furious, and his expression was almost cannibalistic, but the news brought to him by his subordinates was too outrageous.

"Master, this is also a helpless thing, the thieves have heavy soldiers, and now they occupy the ancestral house of Jiexiu, if they don't give money, I'm afraid that the thieves will be rough and violate the ancestors."

The steward of the main family, followed by the housekeeper surnamed Fan, looked loyal, and when he saw Fan Yongdou getting angry, he couldn't help but come up to persuade him,

"100,000 taels a year, why didn't he rob it!"

Fan Yong's body was trembling, but there was nothing too good to do, these businessmen outside their mouths, there was no shortage of silver in their hands, but they were not tough when they spoke, businessmen, there was no shortage of relations in the court and local relations, that is, they couldn't get involved in military power, and even officialdom, they were all vassals, and they had no status at all.

"Lao Jia, bring some things, send a famous thorn, my lord I want to go to Wanquan County to meet Lord Futai, go quickly."

Happily digging out money, it is not Fan Yongdou's style, Li Jing wants to use this to pinch them, and they also have countermeasures, that is, to use the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu to coerce Li Jing, but unfortunately, even the imperial court does not believe in this, and only they who don't know the inside story are willing to believe it.

Similar to Fan Yongdou, there were several big businessmen in Shanxi who owned ancestral property and clansmen in Shanxi, and this time, they did not get together directly, but rushed to Wanquan County to meet together, preparing to meet Shen Qi, the governor of Xuanfu.

But when it came to Wanquan, Shen Qi, the current governor of Xuanfu, had been directly taken down by the Qin Cha sent by the imperial court, accused of being a Tartar soldier and raging the place, and the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu were overwhelmed.

After a while, Huang Yongfa's family broke out at the risk of death, saying that the ancestral house of the family was all taken by the Qin army, the ancestral house was pushed to, the ancestral grave was dug up, and the clansmen who stayed at home, all the men were allocated to the mine, and the women entered the Leyi Fang, and the angry big businessman was critically ill at that time.

Can it be, these years, the ancestral family is the most important, the foundation is there, everything is there, they are nothing more than begging for a living in Zhangjiakou, hoping to strengthen their own family, now the foundation has been dug up, where can they live in peace, so the rest of the dozen or so big businessmen suddenly gathered together and began to discuss what to do.

"Master Huang is thinking about this matter, we are businessmen, some are silver, but there are no soldiers, Li Jing's muddy people, lack of silver but have 100,000 troops on hand, fighting hard with him, isn't it self-defeating?"

Wang Dengku saw that the Huang family was lonely, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad in his heart, anyway, when he spoke, it was inevitable that he would be a little comfortable, and there was one less direct competitor, who was unhappy, if it was a different occasion, he might have a banquet to celebrate.

"Master Wang, this is not appropriate, then Li Jing has soldiers at hand, so he directly blackmailed me and others for tens of thousands of taels of silver, if we accept it all at once, we can support it, but we can't stand him to ask for the first time, and he will have to go the second time."

"Yes, although we have earned a few hard money, but it is not safe to go outside the mouth, if we have discounted the book and there is no money left at home, what should we do?"

The big guys are actually depressed in their hearts, but there is nothing they can do, because the ancestral foundation is in Shanxi, and now Shanxi is all occupied by Li Jing, what other good way can they do?

Just a letter from the clansmen, the Qin army sealed the ancestral house and left them in the clan to see the ghosts (weighing hundreds of catties and thousands of catties of silver into a whole, at that time there was no effective way to cut, and it was difficult to move, commonly known as ghosts are worried. They were all shipped out in a horse-drawn carriage, and this loss was great.

Now he is still asking them for silver, isn't this a clear bully of them?

"Although my Tian family is rich from time to time, but this bit of silver still comes out, I am only afraid that when the Qin army moves a little, it will use the method of dealing with the Huang family to deal with me, and even if I die in the future, I will not have the face to see my ancestors."

Tian Shenglan was frightened by the desperate fate of the Huang family, this person, no matter how much money he makes, isn't it just for the glory of his ancestors? Now that I can't even keep my ancestors' family business, what do you want to do with silver?

"That's right, after all, Master Huang is old and useless, so how can Li Jing be a good match? actually relied on the prestige of the court's central officials to show Li Jing's face, isn't this a pinch? Now that even the ancestral grave has been dug up, what face will there be to see the ancestors in the future? ”

Wang Dayu sighed and said, and seemed to see the fate of his family in Huang Yongfa, and now it is clear that if he doesn't give money, people and ancestral homes can't be kept, but if he gives money, he is afraid that Li Jing will regret it or bite them.

"Master Fan, take a look, how to do this?"

The big guy discussed and discussed, and found that there was no good way to leave and right, and he couldn't beat it, and he was unwilling to give the silver, so it was difficult.

"According to me, the silver has to be given, but we also have to release people, and we promise not to move the ancestral house and ancestral grave, and we will earn it again if we lose the silver,"

Fan Yongdou looked at Ma Shiying's avoidance approach, and he had the bottom in his heart, but he could only admit it, this kind of person can't be provoked.

"Master Liang, don't cry with a sad face, that Li Jing thief, I want 100,000 taels in one breath, and I want 50,000 taels from you, I gritted my teeth and came up with this money, the silver is very much, let's go out of the mouth, not to mention the profit of 70,000 or 80,000 taels, and then think about getting furs and livestock from Mongolia and the Jurchens, and it is another sum of money, big deal, I admit it this year, and I did it in vain."

"That's what I said, but I'm afraid that Li Jing will accept the money and refuse to let go, I regret it now, if only I had taken my three sons over at that time."

Liang Jiabin is also very angry now, 50,000 taels, he is not like Fan Yongdou, holding the trade route to Horqin or even Liaodong in his hand, he can only go to Mobei and Hetao, a trip down, at most three or five hundred war horses and other cattle and sheep more than 1,000, in exchange for the inland, it is worth tens of thousands of taels, planing the above profit and dotting along the way, can earn 20,000 taels of silver will be the sky.

And there is also competition on this trade route, and it is up to two times a year, so Qin Jun asked him for 50,000 taels this time, which is equivalent to saying that he not only worked in vain this year, but even lost a lot of money next year's income.

Coupled with the tens of thousands of taels of silver and land lost by the ancestral house, roughly calculated, it is almost 100,000 taels of silver, this is simply digging into his heart, even if the family has a big business, there is no way to lose it!

"Who said it wasn't, if it weren't for the fact that the ancestral family business was in his hands, what would we do now."

Everyone is gossiping, but in the end, everyone agrees to buy peace with the silver, but the first one, the other party has to ensure that the silver is received, and the other party can't go back on his word, this time they admit it, as long as the people are safe, the ancestors can be preserved.

As for the future, either by the hands of the Ming army to exterminate them, or by the hands of the Jurchens and the Mongols, anyway, since ancient times, those who have offended the Jin merchants to such a point will not end well.

Since ancient times, killing parents and cutting off people's future are all heinous, and they are the enmity of life and death, and this debt will definitely be recovered by Jin Shang.

"Since the result of the discussion has been reached, everyone will disperse, I will personally go to the governor's yamen again, and ask Lord Ma to come out and do justice to the abbot, this time, the bleeding will bleed."

Fan Yongdou mentioned it sadly, and then ordered his subordinates to prepare a banquet, but unfortunately everyone present had no appetite, in these years, who can still eat, there is no urgent foaming on the mouth, it is okay.

……

"What's the matter, willing to give in?"

Ma Shiying's new official took office, but unfortunately he didn't dare to have any movement, and he even stayed in the house directly in the past two days, not going anywhere, neither seeing guests, nor recruiting subordinates to come to report, it was really frightened by the south, and the whole line along Datong Town to Xuanfu and Beizhili line, all the soldiers and horses of the Qin army were stationed, and even clashed with the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu at the key passes.

And the result of the conflict, all of them were the retreat of the Xuanfu soldiers and horses, which really couldn't stand the strength of the other party, and they also carried the sharp weapons of the siege, the artillery that opened the door, and the muzzle of the black hole, but not everyone could bear it.

He is also waiting, these businessmen outside the mouth of the Xuanfu will discuss the results first, so as not to bother him again, the backstage of these people, all over the court, and even one of his governors, is not willing to touch it easily, so as not to catch fire,

Second, it is to wait for the new governor of Xuanda, Xiong Wencan, to take office, the governor of the three towns of Xuanfu, Datong and Taiyuan, who can nominally control Xuanfu, Datong and Taiyuan, just take the top cylinder, if something happens, naturally there is a tall top, and he is relatively safe.

Now that Xiong Wencan has not arrived, and these rich businessmen from Xuanfu have arrived, he knows that the result is out, but when he meets, he is surprised.

"Are you really willing to pay 500,000 taels to buy peace?"

This is not a small amount of money, the taxes paid to the imperial court by the military households of the garrison of Xuanfu for a year, after the grain is converted, there is only so much, I used to know how many businessmen outside the mouth are Haojia, but I didn't expect it to be so rich.

"Thanks to the love of Lord Futai, we are willing to use 100,000 silver ****, please repair more armaments, recruit more soldiers and horses to strengthen the momentum, Li Jing is such a traitor, sooner or later, one day, ask him to stretch out the guillotine."

Fan Yongdou also gave it out this time, and the silver was not only given to one party, but also to Xuanfu, anyway, it was to make Li Jing uncomfortable! (To be continued.) )