"Zi Hougong, the goal of this grain price is to rise tenfold in the end. During this period, the court will definitely put pressure on us, and whether we can withstand it depends on how much your in-laws can say for us. ”

"Brother Jixue laughed, my in-laws, although they work as waiters in the household department, but at most they help us get some food. If it was under pressure from above, it would be difficult to say how much he could say. But Brother Niu, you and Mao Xiangguo's door is a good Jinlan that has been posted, this relationship is real, with Mao Xiangguo supporting us, I want to see, which yamen dares to touch our food? ”

Another grain merchant named Fan Chong, in terms of prestige and wealth, was slightly smaller than these first-class grain merchants, but he was very clever, and he also got into this circle by relying on Liu Shoudao. With a smile on his face, he used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of tender meat on the back of the fish

"The government, there are a few moments left and right, scaring people, showing off official authority, and they have no ability. These things can only scare the poor ghosts. When they encounter us law-abiding citizens, what can they do? You can't force us to sell at a loss, right? For the way of business, it is the principle of heaven to go with the market, long live and can't force us, he is not afraid, we will not transport grain into Beijing next year? Seeing that autumn is about to begin, if the soldiers of the Nine Sides are short of food and grass, I think even if it is a heavenly family. ”

Niu Jixue put his silver hair in his hand and laughed, "Brother Fan's words reminded the old man of an old thing. In the year of Chenghua, Xianmiao was deceived by traitors and wanted to increase the commercial tax in Jingshi. Thanks to some honest and upright ministers in the court at that time, the news was revealed, and the merchants in the capital at that time united to stop the matter. And guess what? It's just five days, and even the Son of Heaven can't bear it. Slowly speaking, it is between the small people of Shengdou, even the palace can't buy anything, everyone's life can't go on, and in the end it is worth issuing an edict to announce that no taxes will be raised, and then the business of the hundred cities will be resumed. At that time, Lao Yu was still studying, and he also wrote articles in support of many businessmen. Now that I think about it, it seems as if it happened yesterday. ”

He narrowed his eyes as he spoke, as if caught up in the recollection of the past, and tapped his hand lightly on the table. "We don't use knives and guns, we don't burn or rob, we just close the door and don't do business, who can take us? In this place of Jingshi, the common people can't store food at home, and even the grain and grass in the Beijing camp actually depend on us. Besides, even the generals of the Nine Sides, don't they rely on us to raise rice and grain? But what has always been our position? The clerk was right when he said that the businessman had suffered too much because we didn't know how to protect ourselves. As long as we are united, we will not be exploited by the imperial court, and we will be able to keep our wealth. ”

Cai Guangxing was serious, and asked thoughtfully, "Pang Huishou over there, have you ever said hello?" He is the head of the Chamber of Commerce, if you want to strike, you must respond to other industries, otherwise we will have limited momentum for these grain companies to strike. How much support can that person give us? ”

"Guangxing, you are safe enough, but you are not brave enough!" Niu Jixue put on a posture of an old-timer and taught this junior a lesson: "I was apprenticed with your father at the beginning, and your courage is far worse than your father." When did the old man make mistakes in his work? The outsider had already assured me that the relationship had already been settled in the yamen, and Pang Huishou had already said it. If the court dares to force us, we will stop it! At that time, all businesses will rise up to respond, and there is no need for the Beiyu, but the people who have nothing to eat and nothing to use will be able to demolish the Jingshi. ”

He held the silver hair with his hand, "The grain industry in the Beijing Division, everyone sitting here can take up seventy percent of it together." But the price of food is not determined by us...... It's not fair! The old man is old, not for himself, but for you, for our peers, in order to ensure that we are not raised as pigs by the court! Therefore, we can only advance, not retreat! ”

These grain merchants were enthusiastically boiled by these words, and they expressed their willingness to advance and retreat together with Cao Yuanwai to ensure that they would not push down grain prices. At this moment, the head of the Cao Mansion ran in from outside in a panic, and his voice changed, "Master, something is wrong." Suddenly, a large number of brocade guards came outside, surrounding our house, and were about to break into the backyard! ”

"Jin Yiwei?" Niu Jixue's hand trembled slightly, and his beard was inadvertently dragged off a few by him. "Where did Jin Yiwei come from, so bold, dare to come to the old man's house to stir up? Don't you know that their new Zhu Tishuai is good friends with the old man? Besides, aren't we people living in Jingying? Let them come forward and disperse this group of brocade clothes who don't know the weight of the matter. ”

"Master, no, those soldiers in the Beijing camp, as soon as they saw the soldier with the officer, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to go over. Also, that Jinyi Wei has a group of evil young people around him, it seems that they are the gang of demon kings in the mansions of the lords in the capital, it seems that it is not very easy to deal with, you still have to think of a way. ”

As he was talking, the screams of the maids and the sound of plates falling to the ground suddenly sounded outside, and the strange voices of several men also came in.

"Haha? What a big fat goose, the grain outside is so expensive, but this dry man is here to eat better than the master, how can there be this reason? Look at it again, such a beautiful maid may not be available in my house, why is this? Brother Yang, when you got married, the younger brother gave you a big gift, but don't rob these maids from your brother, otherwise you will have to fight with you. ”

The dry gentlemen, like a whirlwind, rushed in from the outside. As for the bodyguards hired by Niu Jixue, they all obediently squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and they didn't dare to move. After all, these martial artists are all family-owned, dragged down by wives and children, and when they saw a large number of brocade clothes riding with slaves, no one mentioned the courage to resist.

Ryan Stein, who worked part-time as a craftsman, mercenary and tactical instructor, was wearing a brand new plate armor, holding a large sword in his hand, and two bull's eyes were also spinning around those maids.

"Let us praise Guanyin Bodhisattva! Beauty, so many beauty, I beg my great sir, to ...... four of them Not eight...... Sixteen are better given to me. I will pledge that I will be faithful to you for the rest of my life. ”

Niu Jixue didn't expect that his home would be disturbed by such a group of things, and he saw that some maids had been stopped by a few gentlemen and hugged him, and he moved his hands and feet. Later, if his concubines bumped into them, he didn't know what it would become, so he couldn't help but get up and scolded angrily: "Who are you waiting for?" In broad daylight, Lang Lang Qiankun, trespassing on people's houses, mediating people's daughters, do you still have the king's law in your eyes? ”

I saw a handsome looking brocade official dressed in a flying fish suit holding a sword in his arms and a knife at his waist, and walked into the hall with a big snort, "Okay, I am the commander of the brocade clothes, Yang Chengzu, who is actually in charge of the Fusi of Nanzhen." Master Niu, I heard that you have a lot of opinions about me, and the contacts everywhere are going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sue me, and I am here today, but I want to see how you want to sue me! ”