Chapter 444: I'm here to make the rules
"Drive, drive!"
More than two hundred war horses galloped quickly, and the knights on horseback wore large hats, black cloaks, swords and swords, galloping, murderous. When the merchants and travelers along the way saw it, they all hid far away, for fear of getting into trouble.
"Qiyu Wanggong, the thirteenth master, the first ten miles is in Suzhou."
"Oh!"
The leader reined in the war horse, took off the hat on his head, and revealed a tired face, he was the master of ceremonies. Beside him, on horseback sat a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, just out of the New Year, the weather was still very cold, but he was only wearing a single coat, very majestic.
"Thirteen, what do you think we should do?"
Zhuo 13 smiled bitterly: "Princess, I don't know what to do now!" ”
The two of them were relatively speechless, and they were all dumbfounded.
It turned out that there was a food crisis in Suzhou, which had spread to other state capitals and provinces, and the news had already spread to the capital. Coincidentally, it was just in time for Wei Zhongxian to clean up the Donglin Party, everyone knew that the base camp of the Donglin Party was in the southeast, and the first time he saw these twists and turns, Wei Zhongxian only thought that the Donglin Party was making trouble, and came to surround Wei to save Zhao.
Lao Wei didn't even bother to look at it, and threw it directly into the waste paper heap.
But gradually, there are more and more twists and turns, Jinyiwei's secret report, and the handwritten letter of the eunuch guarding Nanjing Town, all want Wei Zhongxian to reflect a fatal fact, and the southeast is already in chaos!
If the food crisis continues, the people will riot imminently, and then the lives will be devastated, and the flames will be everywhere, and the consequences will be unimaginable!
The Ming Dynasty is now full of money, and there is chaos everywhere, but the southeast is still calm, and millions of stone of grain every year supply the consumption of the capital and the nine sides.
The only piece of paradise also made a fuss, and the luck was cut off, and the Ming Dynasty was really hopeless at that time.
Lao Wei thought hard for most of the night, he really regretted it. A moment of anger made Zhang Ke go to Jiangnan. Pingliaogong's ability to toss is well known, and it is not surprising that Jiangnan has become the way it is now!
"Why am I so confused!"
Wei Zhongxian couldn't wait to slap his two mouths, but it was easy to invite God and send God, Zhang Ke was not easy to deal with, he tried his best to let the family go south to deal with the Donglin Party, and now he wants him back, if he doesn't show sincerity, he can't do it!
At this time, Wei Zhongxian also understood. It is no wonder that the emperor is guarding against military generals, but he is relieved to boldly give the power of civil officials and eunuchs, no matter how much authority these people have, it is a matter of holy decree to take it. And Zhang Ke, a guy who supports the army and is self-respecting, has to put a lot of effort into it.
After thinking about it again and again, Lao Wei asked Wang Tiqian and Zhuo Shisan to go on a trip to persuade Zhang Ke to join the division, and the imperial court gave Liaodong 500,000 taels of silver in the name of rewarding the soldiers. 200,000 stone of grain, even if it is hard work.
After Wang Tiqian and Zhuo 13 received the order, they didn't stop for a moment, and they didn't even sit on the official ship. Ride directly south.
However, no matter how fast they were, they did not evolve as fast as the situation in the southeast, and when they arrived in Nanzhili, they were just in time for the collapse of grain prices.
When passing by Zhenjiang. The price of grain in the morning was still eighteen taels of silver, but I heard that the price of grain in Suzhou had plummeted, and it was ten taels at noon. By the time they left, it was already six taels.
Xijindu was lined up with bankrupt speculative merchants, and one by one they jumped into the water amid the scolding of the people.
Wang Tiqian sighed: "Although our family doesn't understand what's going on, it seems that Pingliao Gong has won again!" ”
Zhuo Shisan was secretly happy in his heart, he still remembered that Zhang Ke was just a down-and-out little scholar, and in the blink of an eye, in a few years, not only was he knighted and worshipped, killed 100,000 Jiannu, and killed the old chief, but also called for wind and rain, and single-handedly suppressed the big households in the south of the Yangtze River. This is what a husband should do, happy! It's so exciting!
"Father-in-law Wang, you are right, since the Duke of Pingliao has won, you can't follow the persuasion of Duke Wei to go back. Now that prices in Jiangnan have plummeted and become a mess, I am afraid that no one can control the situation except for Pingliaogong. Let's say that we were ordered to assist Pingliao Gong to investigate the illegal businessmen in Jiangnan and investigate the black hand of price gouging! ”
Wang Tiqian frowned, of course he knew that Wei Zhongxian and Donglin were fighting, and Jiangnan was Donglin's base camp. If you can join forces with Zhang Ke and wipe out all the big households in Jiangnan, you will only be happy.
"Okay, it's time for these people to teach a lesson, Li Shi and Father-in-law Li were scared crazy by him, and our family avenged him!"
Wang Tiqian roared fiercely: "Children, change all your clothes, play the honor guard of Qincha, and follow our family into Suzhou!" ”
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In the flower hall in the backyard of the Suzhou Prefect's Yamen, a tall young man, wearing a blue cloth straight jacket, wearing a mutton fat jade belt around his waist, with a warm and warm smile on his face, just like an ordinary scholar, warm as jade, humble and gentleman.
The group of people kneeling in front of him, but none of them dared to think so, this guy in front of him was the devil, a devil who was completely crazy!
Thinking about it for more than a month, he actually carried out a wild gamble at the risk of hundreds of thousands of people starving and tens of millions of living beings in Jiangnan making chaos at any time!
The most terrible thing is that this guy has the aura of the world's number one general, and he has 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands. People often say that barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, but this person is obviously wearing leather boots, but he rushed into the muddy water, killing seven in and seven out, what is the picture!
"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to deal with you, Benjue took out 500,000 stone of grain from Liaodong, bought 1 million stone from Japan and Korea, and obtained 800,000 stone from the Nanyang countries. For the sake of this food, thousands of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers were mobilized. To tell you the truth, more than a dozen ships sank in the sea to transport food, and dozens of my men died! ”
In Zhang Ke's words, there was a strong chill, and everyone present couldn't help but tremble, for fear that this grandfather would burst out and click them all!
"The villains are guilty!" Gao Guifang and Ye Yongxin took the lead and shouted, kowtowing, and they were not afraid of knocking their heads stupidly.
"Grandpa Guo, we are already bankrupt, and I ask Grandpa Guo to reward a way to live! If Grandpa Guo is not angry, it is okay to cut me with a thousand knives, as long as he lets go of the old and young in the family. Although they are family members, they do not participate in business, most of them are good people who have cultivated and read heirlooms, and have been reading for generations.......
More than a dozen old men knelt on the ground, kowtowing and crying bitterly, begging and begging.
Zhang Ke smiled coldly and said contemptuously: "Can you bear the responsibility?" If you don't have a family behind you, can you do business smoothly and unscrupulously, and you can use one or two million silver to fight against Benjue? Besides, if you make money, do you spend it yourself, and your family doesn't take advantage of it? ”
Every sentence was like a poisonous knife, piercing everyone's hearts, stabbing them all over the body, and they were speechless.
"I want to tell you one more thing, the Bingbi Wang Tiqian in the palace has arrived in Suzhou, and there is no need for Benjue to do it, there are a group of people who want to skin you alive!"
The gang was so frightened that they trembled and sweated coldly.
Zhang Ke suddenly sneered: "Benjue actually doesn't want to kill people, I'm here to make rules, as long as you are obedient, there is a way to live!" (To be continued......)