The person on the left is dressed in a brown robe, carrying a sword and a hat, looking at his face, with sharp edges and corners, deep eyes, and his face is tanned black and purple, as if he is an ordinary businessman, but he is in good shape, and he walks with a tiger, and he does not look like an ordinary character.

The five-short figure on the right, dressed in a navy blue Confucian shirt, wearing a scarf crookedly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, has the virtue of a child.

The two of them entered Quanzhou City, looked around, and saw that the shops were closed, and there were people on the street carrying baskets, looking for those shops that were still open to welcome customers, and exchanged the only money on their bodies for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. On the road, I kept hearing the complaints of the people, and I was so angry that I was angry.

Seeing that the New Year is coming, the shops are closed, noodles can't be bought, meat can't be bought, what can I do with dumplings in Chinese New Year's Eve!

God, how do you not know poor poor people.

Looking at the sad faces of the people, these two also had grim faces, and the short one took a sip, "It's really not a thing, they actually bet on the people of Quanzhou, they are too inferior!" We can't sit idly by, we have to help Zhuangyuanlang, Brother Fushan, what do you think? ”

"Well, at the moment, except for the yamen, I'm afraid there is no inn that can accommodate people, let's go and have a look."

The two of them rushed to the yamen.

At this time, the prefect and the county yamen have been opened, due to the closure of a large number of shops and the shortage of materials, all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods have jumped out, just in the past three days, a total of more than 100 thieves have been arrested, and there are dozens of robbers.

However, these are to no avail, Quanzhou is not as good as Suzhou, and there is no price surge. Even affecting the entire southeast, Quanzhou's crisis is limited to itself.

There are fewer and fewer shops, and the people are getting more and more crazy to buy, and often the people behind can't buy it.

The more you do that. The owners of the shops did not dare to open the doors for fear of being robbed, creating a vicious circle, and soon there were almost fewer shops still in operation in Quanzhou than national treasures.

The people had no choice but to set their sights on the warehouses of those shops, and every night, a cat-and-mouse show was staged. The people did everything possible to steal materials, and the owner summoned thugs to strictly guard against it. At night, it is more lively than during the day, and the two sides come and go, not to mention how fierce the fight is. Even the tricks of digging holes and fighting tunnel warfare have been used, and sometimes the people really can't get things, so in a fit of anger, they set fire everywhere, and no one can get it.

Quanzhou has a strong tradition of going to sea to do business, and everyone knows it. Drifting on the sea, the most important thing is the cooperation of companions, any person facing the sea is insignificant, only by uniting, can there be combat effectiveness.

This fine tradition has made the people of Quanzhou extremely strong in organization. Fighting, the destructiveness is also quite amazing. Even Hai Rui, who has always been conceited, has nothing to do in the face of crazy people.

Fortunately, Tang Yi brought the Qi family army over, and Qi Jiguang personally led the men and horses to patrol day and night. Eventually, no major problems occurred.

However, Qi Jiguang also told Tang Yi that he could last for three days at most, and when Quanzhou could no longer buy any goods, the anger of the people would explode.

People are forced to a dead end, and they are not even afraid of death, let alone care about the intimidation of the imperial court.

After a few days of hard work, Hai Rui's kind of iron man couldn't bear it, his lips were full of blisters, and his two eye circles were bruised and swollen. However, Hai Rui is like a piece of iron, even if it is a little rusty, it is still strong.

Zhao Wen is also uncomfortable, his voice is hoarse, these days he has been desperately recruiting scribes, many of the first day to negotiate, after a night of hexagrams, some ran over to work for a long time, just pick a child.

When he saw that the newcomers were not good, he ran to the houses of the officials, coerced and intimidated them, and asked them to go to work in the yamen.

"Damn, really hateful!" Zhao Wen scolded angrily in a low voice: "These beasts are really despicable, shameless, and indiscriminate. ”

Tang Yi sighed slightly, "It's useless to scold people now, how to get personnel and find materials at the pass, by the way, when I was in Suzhou, there were many black markets, how is the market in Quanzhou now?" I could have paid more. ”

Zhao Wen showed a hint of joy, and then shook his head: "It doesn't work, my lord, I have already found out, it is said that there are people all over Fujian, on the way to Quanzhou, and they will pay to buy the things shipped in advance, but they can't transport them to the boundaries of Quanzhou." ”

Obviously, the Fujian and Zhejiang surnames made it clear that they wanted to be like a strange python, entangled the prey, squeezed the air in the prey's lungs little by little, and suffocated the prey to death.

They first ordered the officials to strike, then the merchants boycotted, and cut off the trade routes, step by step ruthlessly and viciously, making the noose around Tang Yi's neck tighter and tighter. It's simply to let the whole Quanzhou and Tang Yi be buried together!

Is there anything else that can be done about it?

Hai Rui is worthy of a tendon, and at this time, he still refuses to admit defeat: "My lord, hoarding is strange, and the country is ruined, don't you still make a move?" ”

"Brother Gangfeng, how do you want me to make a move?"

"Seal up, immediately close all the shops and firms, order them to be open, and whoever does not obey the order will have their heads cut off. Kill a hundred people, only by making those with ill intentions fearful, can we save the people of Quanzhou! ”

Tang Yi listened silently, and sighed for a while: "Brother Gangfeng, I have been thinking about it for the past two days, if you really follow your method and kill a river of blood, within a year or two, Quanzhou will not want to recover its vitality, and the great cause of opening the sea may die, and you and I can't afford this price." ”

"You can't be by the neck of the little guys." Hai Rui is still not convinced, to be honest, he doesn't even agree with opening the sea, if only he could restore the ancestral system of his grandfather!

Tang Yi still didn't want to break the jar, and he pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Brother Gangfeng, we can't take the initiative to contact each other at the moment, otherwise we will admit defeat, and we won't be able to do anything in the future, you still tidy up the dock, and put other things aside for the time being." As for Lord Zhao, on behalf of me, you will visit the gentry of Quanzhou and explain the reason to them clearly. ”

Zhao Wen's eyes were straight, and he was not optimistic, if the reason could be explained, why would he be today. But he had no better way, he could only nod, he and Hai Rui left the prefect's yamen one after the other, and as soon as they walked out, the soldiers ran excitedly.

"Lord Zhao, good news, someone has come to apply."

Zhao Wen's eyes widened excitedly, and he hurriedly said, "Take me to see it." ”

A soldier brought two people to Zhao Wen's face, and Zhao Wen looked up and down, looking at the temperament and appearance of these two, they didn't look like they were applying for a scribe.

When Zhao Wen hesitated, the short man smiled and said, "Are you Lord Hai or Lord Zhao?" ”

"This official Zhao Wen, the deputy promotion of the city department."

"Hehe, hello Lord Zhao, my name is Li Zhen, I am from Fujian, I returned from a study trip, this is called He Xinyin, Haofu Mountain, maybe my lord has heard of it."

I've heard of it from beginning to end, it's just thunder!

"Are you the one who helped Master Chen Xuebo and Lord Chen exterminate the White Lotus Sect?" Zhao Wen asked excitedly.

He Xinyin smiled faintly, arched his hand and said: "I really can't afford to be a hero, my adult is too famous." ”

"It's not good, not at all!"

Zhao Wen was so happy that he couldn't find Bei, and hurriedly said, "The two of you will follow me to meet Lord Fuzun." ”

Li Zhen said with a smile: "I have this intention for a long time, and we also want to pay a visit to Zhuang Yuanlang." ”

Zhao Wenxing rushed back to the yamen with them, let the two rest in the squad room, and instructed the soldiers to take good care of them.

What is so special about these two that makes Zhao Wen so happy?

It turned out that He Xinyin and Li Zhen were both from the Xinxue, and they were both from the Taizhou School, and in terms of seniority, they were both a generation higher than Tang Yi.

He Xinyin's original name was Liang Ruyuan, the word Zhuqian, and the number Fushan, he participated in the imperial examination in his early years, and after the entrance examination, he gave up the road of the imperial examination and turned to lecturing everywhere. He is a civil and military all-rounder, during his time in Sichuan, he assisted his friend Chen Xuebo to exterminate the White Lotus Sect, during which He Xinyin changed his makeup many times, mixed into the White Lotus Sect, inquired about the news, took the lead, and no less than a hundred people died in his hands, and in less than a year, the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect was strangled.

Chen Xuebo was promoted because of this, and He Xinyin also became famous in the world for the first time, and countless officials looked forward to their master being as capable as He Daxia.

What about Li Zhen, although he has no hidden demons, but because he is a native of Quanzhou, his reputation is also not small, Li Zhen is different from ordinary people, such as a paragraph of "Analects", Fan Chi asked Confucius for advice on farming, Confucius said that it was not as good as the old farmer, and when Fan Chi left, Confucius said that Fan Chi was a villain.

When other students heard this, they all sighed that everything was inferior, only high in reading, Confucius was a bosom friend, but Li Zhen was the only one, but he felt that Confucius was a villain who was not diligent and did not distinguish between grains and grains, and said bad things about others behind his back.

Good guy, even the ancestor looked down on him, and he simply embarked on the evil road, but unfortunately, Li Zhen went farther and farther on the evil road, and he praised Qin Shi Huang, who burned books and pit Confucianism, as the first emperor of the ages, and openly called for Wu Zetian of Ji Sichen......

This guy also knew that his reputation was too bad, and the examiners didn't dare to admit him, so he gave up the road to the imperial examination and traveled everywhere after being admitted to the examination.

Li Zhen and He Xinyin are both madmen and demons in the eyes of orthodox readers, and they happen to be "stinking together", and they got together, and when they heard that Quanzhou was going to open the sea, they expected that there would be a big bustle, so they hurried and came to Quanzhou.

Zhao Wen had heard of their names, and knew that although these two were not officials, they had hands and eyes, and they were more powerful than those who were officials, so he immediately introduced them to Tang Yi.

Tang Yi also vaguely knew that these two were well-known in history and were very polite.

He Xinyin got straight to the point and went straight to the point, "Lord Tang, He Mou is not talented, I contacted a few friends, and I got together two boatloads of supplies, which will be delivered in a few days." ”

Li Zhen laughed, "I'm not as arrogant as Mr. Fushan, but I also know a few scholars, aren't adults recruiting scribes, not much, how about I find twenty people for you?" ”

Tang Yi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "The two gentlemen have helped a lot, Tang Yi is grateful!" (To be continued.) )