While the special issue of the Jiangnan Times was still in full swing, the news that 100,000 stone of rice, corn and flour had arrived in Shangyuan Port had reached Jinling City.

The head of the Jiangnan family's gate valve, dozens of idle Jiangnan celebrities hurriedly gathered in Kuixing Tower, and more than ten prominent officials such as Zheng Sanjun, the leader of the Donglin Party, were also urgently invited to Kuixing Tower to discuss countermeasures.

Until nine o'clock in the evening, people from all walks of life gathered in cars and sedan chairs and servants like clouds.

When more than a dozen high-ranking officials of the third grade or above rushed to Kuixinglou from their own homes or from Qinglou and liquor stores, another worrying news came: Zhu Daolin had returned to Jinling from Baoshanwei and was now in the Zhanyuan of Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

At the same time, Wu Jingxian, the eunuch guarding the town, the principals of the Ying family and the Yan family, as well as several nobles who held military power, gathered in Zhanyuan!

Hearing this news, all the Donglin celebrities and the masters of the family gate, including Zheng Sanjun, realized that a decisive battle with no gunsmoke and no sword shadow had begun!

The atmosphere in the noisy West Garden Hall became tense.

After the highly respected Taicang Wang family heads Wang Chongnian and Zheng Sanjun and other Donglin leaders hurriedly discussed, they dressed slightly, walked to the screen in the north of the hall, and stretched out their hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

Seeing that everyone was still talking and making noise, several heads of the family at the main table immediately lowered their faces and shouted quietly, so that the richly dressed business magnates and gentry and celebrities in the audience quieted down.

Wang Chongnian, who was watching the audience, took a step forward, and his usual kind smile appeared on his already wrinkled face:

"Ladies and gentlemen, it stands to reason that only 100,000 stones of grain were transported to Jinling to stir up the situation, and there was no need for us to gather together to discuss countermeasures, the total amount of grain in our hands was as high as 1.2 million stones, and only 10 stones of grain rushed in to stir up the situation. It didn't make any waves at all. ”

"That's right! 100,000 stone grain is enough for those mud legs to toss for a few days? ”

"That's right, don't forget that there are 1.5 million mouths to eat inside and outside Jinling City!"

"Then Zhu Daolin and Ziyangguan still have more than 700,000 disaster victims around them who need relief, even if the Yan family and several nobles fully support them, they won't be able to survive for many days, and their thousands of families and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers will have to eat."

"Isn't it? The granaries of the Yan family and the two noble families are probably empty long ago, and another 100,000 stone of grain can only be a drop in the bucket. Don't bother about him, as long as we don't mess up ourselves, no one will think about the price of food falling! ”

"There are more than 30 days left before the autumn harvest, what are you in a hurry?"

Opinions came and went, and the venue returned to its original hustle and bustle.

Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the household department, and Feng Yuanbiao, the secretary of the military department, who knew the power of the department, glanced at each other, and both stood up and walked to Wang Chongnian's side to build momentum for him, and quickly quieted the audience.

Wang Chongnian's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he didn't dare to say any more bold and kind words: "Please keep quiet and listen to what I say!" ”

"On the whole, I agree with you. There are more than 300,000 people within a radius of 100 miles of Jinling City, and there are more than 700,000 victims who have been relieved of work under the relief of Hushan Manor and Ziyangguan, and the 100,000 stone of grain will be consumed in less than three days. ”

"However, don't forget, these 100,000 stone of grain should be sold openly at an ultra-low price of less than 1 tael of silver per stone, even if the business colleagues of the major families gathered together tonight stand still, what do those small merchants and peddlers who follow us to hoard grain and sell it at a price?"

"These people have a lot of food in their hands, and a rough calculation is 300,000 stones. Once these people panic, they sell food at lower prices. Will all of you be able to hold it back? What if one or more of them waver in their confidence and act in spite of their haste? ”

This time, no one raised their voices.

Some of the selfish family lords and many business tycoons with the highest goal of pursuing profit looked around, some looked at each other, and more people remained silent, all wanting to see what the head of the Wang family with high morality would say next.

Wang Chongnian was very satisfied with the effect he created, and Zheng Sanjun and Feng Yuanbiao, who were standing beside him, also nodded with a smile. Their calm demeanor with a heavy weight in their chests gave everyone a lot of confidence.

A sincere smile returned to Wang Chongnian's face again: "Everyone, I won't say anything else, and I hereby inform you of two news: First, the parents and officials of Songjiang Mansion, Shanghai County, and Taicang Prefecture have reported to the imperial court. The impeachment of Zhu Daolin, the commander of Baoshanwei, abducted and sold tens of thousands of victims in the name of relief, and so far, the seven naval warships under the command of Zhu Daolin have twice transported tens of thousands of people of the Ming Dynasty overseas, and sold my miserable and helpless people of the Ming Dynasty to Ryukyu and Nanyang like selling livestock. ”

There was an uproar in the room.

If this matter is true, Zhu Daolin will also shed his skin if he does not die, once the court is angry and the emperor is angry, not only Zhu Daolin himself will not be able to protect, but also the Jinling nobles and the famous Ziyangguan will not be able to get rid of it, and the hundreds of thousands of victims who Zhu Daolin and Ziyangguan have helped will immediately be scattered, and no matter how much food there is, they will not worry about selling.

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Wang Chongnian stretched out his hands with a smile and made an elegant gesture of pressing down: "The second news, more than ten people from the six departments of Nanjing, who are worried about the country and the people, will jointly impeach Zhu Daolin as a rebellion against conscription, impeach Jinling Xungui and his collusion to profit from it, impeach Zhu Daolin and Ziyangguan in the name of work relief, oppress innocent victims, in just one month due to abuse, hunger and unbearable fatigue of the poor victims as many as thousands, even worse, Purple Sun View Demon Dao secretly selected thousands of boys and girls among the victims, gathered in the closed door of the Taoist Temple, some people reported, the demon Dao wants to kill boys and girls to refine the elixir, this is the great evil that people and gods are angry with heaven and earth, once it is made public, it will shake the world! ”

There was silence in the hall, followed by excitement and applause.

Many landlords and wealthy gentry and giant businessmen with a clear conscience were silent, they knew that Ziyangguan had been collecting helpless orphans, protecting orphans at the same time, but also sending orphans to the academy to receive education and give the best care, which was a well-known good deed, but in the mouths of Wang Chongnian and the Donglin Party, it became so terrifying, it made people feel chilled, and the spine was chilled.

Wang Chongnian was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, raised his voice and said solemnly: "The last thing is also the purpose of our gathering tonight: I hope that you will settle down after you go back, stabilize your position, just wait patiently for half a month, everything will open and sunrise, and then not to mention that the grain in your hands will get a satisfactory profit, even if the autumn grain comes down, you can make it again!" You don't know that this year's autumn grain harvest is only half of last year's at most due to the drought in Huguang, the flood in the Central Plains and the civil unrest in Jiangxi, right? ”

The room was full of laughter, and the echo was endless.

Wang Chongnian smiled slightly, turned around and saluted respectfully to Zheng Sanjun and Feng Yuanbiao, who nodded with a smile, and the three of them humbly talked and laughed with each other, walked to the main table on the left side together, and toasted with the smiling heads of the gates. (To be continued......)