Tea sales are small? Yinzhen couldn't help but remember, tea is the main export commodity, is it not popular to drink tea in the West now? This is a great opportunity. He glanced at Hong Wanshan, this person has courage and vision, tea will become a hot commodity in a few years, but it can give him a chance, and after a while, Yinzhen said: "Listen to your accent, are you a native of Guangzhou?" ”

Hearing this question, Hong Wanshan's heart jumped, and the prince actually asked about his private affairs, which was a good sign, he was busy calming down, and replied calmly: "Xiaguan is from Shunde, his family is in Shunde, and his family is in Guangzhou." ”

It's good to be a local, the people of this era have a particularly strong sense of region, and the xenophobic thinking is serious, and the locals of Guangzhou can have a lot of advantages in Guangzhou. In Chapter 126 of Yin, seeing that Zhan Langzhen was relieved, the topic changed, "Can the Thirteen Lines ever establish a public bank?" ”

Seeing Yinzhen change the topic, Hong Wanshan couldn't help but feel disappointed, but he didn't dare to slack off, what the fourteenth prince has done in the past two years is already a legend in the business world, naturally he has his own merits, and his scheming and means are beyond the reach of ordinary people? Thinking of this, he cautiously replied: "Back to the prince, twelve years ago, the Thirteen Banks established a public bank, but it lasted less than a year before it was dissolved, and it was never established again. ”

"Oh, why is that?" Yinzhen asked with interest.

Hong Wanshan groaned: "The purpose of the establishment of the public bank by the Thirteen Banks is to control the price of commodities in order to seek greater benefits in foreign trade...... In addition, the establishment of the public bank also caused the 13 banks and the vast number of retail merchants to tilt each other, and foreign businessmen took advantage of the contradictions in the price of import and export goods and trading volume, resulting in the loss of the public bank, and the public bank was quickly dissolved under the attack of the two sides. ”

A group of short-sighted things that only know what to do in the nest! Yinzhen scolded secretly.

At this time, Da Chun, who listened to it, reported outside, "Lord Wang, some merchants of the Thirteen Lines have seen them outside the station cage in Chapter 126. ”

Yinzhen couldn't help but sigh and said to himself, "So fast? ”

Hong Wanshan hurriedly explained: "Lord Wang, the headquarters of the Thirteen Elements is near the left. ”

Yinzhen nodded and raised his head: "Set up the Qincha flag at the door, and let them all kneel at the gate of Guangde Garden and wait." ”

Hong Wanshan's neck shrank when he heard this, and the thirteen lines were afraid that they would be unlucky this time.

In the small courtyard,

The report that went to the port to investigate soon entered the inner room of Boss Deng, and reported, "The warships of the Fujian Navy Division are no longer seen in the port, but I heard from some ship bosses that a fleet of the Fujian Navy Division has been stationed in Macao for three days. ”

"Continue to pay attention to the movements of the Fujian sailors in Macau." Boss Deng said in a deep voice, but his heart sank, it seems that the idea is very likely to go back to Shanghai by warship, so he can only do it in Guangzhou. He was very bored in his heart, this was the last thing he wanted, in the city of Guangzhou, a miss, the officers and soldiers can arrive in an instant, the loss of manpower is second, once the grass is startled, but it is difficult to have a chance to attack.

After meditating for a while, Boss Deng walked out, glanced at the few brothers who were still guarding the house, and ordered in a deep voice: "Lu Zi, you go and draw a sketch of the terrain and roads near Guangde Garden, let's take a good look at it." ”

"Sanduo, find a way to smuggle the bow and arrow in."

"Little Five, scatter all our manpower in a place near us."

As soon as they saw that Boss Deng was ready to do it, everyone excitedly agreed, turned around and went to work.

At the gate of Guangde Garden, a kneel of twenty-one merchants of Guangdong Customs, less than an hour, the news spread all over the officialdom of Guangzhou, for Yinzhen to take thirteen lines to be angry, a group of officials can only smile bitterly, Yinzhen as the general superintendent of the General Administration of Customs, rectify the interior of Guangdong Customs, that is a matter of course, no one dares to stand up and gossip.

Zhu Yanzhi also hurried over after hearing the report, and when Yinzhen saw him, he said, "You go outside the door and see if anyone has not arrived?" ”

Zhu Yanzhi bowed and replied: "Lord Wang, the lower officials have already ordered, there are a total of twenty-four merchants in Guangdong Customs, twenty-one outside, one here, and two are missing." ”

"Yes, I can't see that there are still two bold ones in Guangdong Customs." Yinzhen sneered: "Who is Chacha?" ”

Soon, someone reported it, and what was missing was Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng, both of whom were sick and were recuperating in bed, so they didn't dare to come to see the prince, so as not to be unlucky.

Yinzhen glanced at Hong Wanshan, whose face was pale, "What is the background of these two people?" ”

Hong Wanshan moved uneasily, and then bowed his head and replied: "Wang Kunpeng has a daughter who is the concubine of Lord Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Liangguang, and Yuan Lu is the in-law of Lord Fan Shichongfan, the former governor of Guangdong and the current governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. ”

"Hmph, it's really a deep background, and it actually involves the two governors at once." Yinzhen snorted coldly, and then instructed lightly: "Da Chun, take the king's order banner and lead people to arrest the customs businessman Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng." ”

"Slave Honor." Da Chun bowed and took the order.

Zhu Yanzhi knew that this master, the lighter his tone, the worse the attack, and he knelt down busily, "Lord Wang, all the officials are incompetent and ineffective, so I implore the prince to punish him." However, Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng are old and sick, and they still hope that the prince will give them a little dignity. ”

Yinzhen ignored it, and instead said, "Go and get two station cages." ”

Standing cage? When Zhu Yanzhi and Hong Wanshan heard this, their faces immediately turned white.

Zhu Yanzhi knelt down again and pleaded, "Think twice, now is the critical moment, why bother offending people for trivial things." ”

"Go ahead." Yinzhen said expressionlessly.

Not long after Zhu Yanzhi went out, Hong Wanshan also slipped out of the back door and made a detour to kneel at the gate.

Not long after, Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng were taken outside the gate of Guangde Garden, and a group of merchants who had already knelt and had numb knees were muttering in a low voice.

Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng are indeed at home, I heard that the next person reported that the fourteenth prince is asking people to take the post to invite the thirteen lines of business, both of them realized that Yinzhen is going to take the thirteen lines of prestige, both of them have a general mind, relying on the backstage tough, hoping to avoid this limelight, and then come to the door to accuse, save the hardship, unexpectedly Yinzhen actually took out the royal flag to the house to arrest people, and was scared half to death.

Yinzhen walked out after hearing the report, and when Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng saw him come out, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy. Yinzhen glanced at the two of them coldly before asking: "Zhu Guanxian, who is supreme in his eyes and despises Qincha, what punishment should he be punished?" ”

Zhu Yanzhi knew that Yinzhen was determined to take the two of them to stand up, so he didn't say much at the moment, but said indifferently: "Cane punishment." ”

As soon as they heard the cane punishment, everyone's faces changed, these two people were both old, how many canes did they endure?

Yinzhen said expressionlessly: "For the sake of the two of them who are old and frail, change the cage, and don't allow bricks." ”

No bricks! The merchants had just breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as they heard the last sentence, three of them fainted, and the other two were incontinent. The standing cage is not allowed to pad bricks, and a strong man can't last an hour, not to mention Yuan Lu and Wang Kunpeng, this is murder without blood!!!