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At the beginning of May of the fifteenth year of Koji. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, the south of the Yangtze River may be getting hotter, but in this unobstructed northern plain, it is still a little cool.

The Chaoyang Gate was opened as always, but the guards of the city gate always went to the root of the city wall in person. It is said that Liu Chengfeng also entered Beijing in one or two, and no one knows what time it is, but it can be confirmed that as soon as this uncle comes back, he will definitely set off a storm.

These officers and soldiers at the city gate were well-informed people, and they were very fond of all kinds of news in the capital. Especially the recent sensational news, it is even more discussed.

First I heard that the Imperial Court began to investigate Liu Chengfeng, and the imperial envoys everywhere communicated with the Imperial Procuratorate of the Beijing Division, and there were fast horses entering and exiting Chaoyang Gate every day, from Lianzhou to Xuanfu, and from Xuanfu to Beitongzhou, but wherever Liu Chengfeng went, it seemed that they were exploring something.

But then, Jinyiwei seems to have made a move, everyone knows that in Jinyiwei, although Liu Chengfeng is not there, but his henchmen are all powerful figures, as soon as they hear the news, they immediately compete with each other, and they seem to be searching for something.

Both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Jinyi Guard are picket institutions, and the two sides are tense and the atmosphere is very bad.

Immediately afterwards, there was the criticism of some newspapers, first a large-scale newspaper suddenly criticized Jinyiwei's arbitrariness, and then, Xueerbao did not hesitate to start a counterattack, and the two sides fought for red-faced, which soon made many people aware of this unusual atmosphere.

Liu Chengfeng has not returned to Beijing, Liu Ji and Liu have thought about it at home again, neither of these two characters has shown up, but the bottom has already been brewing, so that the treasure building that heard some rumors, and the market is still showing signs of recovery, but suddenly by this sudden confrontation, it suddenly became cautious again.

Chaoyang Gate is one of the most important passages in and out of Beijing, if the willow returns to Beijing by the wind, most of them are also taking this road, so the garrison of the city gate naturally does not dare to slack off, and has already been ordered by the above, waiting here every day, waiting for the willow to come by the wind.

It's not that the garrison has any intentions, it's just that I hope nothing goes wrong, and that's great.

The weather was not very good this day, the sky was overcast, there were signs of rain at any time, the wind was not small, and the lanterns hanging on the castle tower were whirring and swaying from side to side by the wind.

Nowadays, the number of people entering and exiting from this city gate has increased dramatically, and the construction of roads has shortened the distance a lot, so there are many people from the counties near Gyeonggi who enter and exit the capital division.

And at this moment, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded.

The sound of horses' hooves is different from the sound of horses' hooves pulling carts, and horses that are pulled tend not to go fast, so they are not in a hurry. Even if someone occasionally rides by, it is not so messy under normal circumstances.

These officers and soldiers guarding the city had already developed an extremely sensitive sense of hearing, and as soon as they heard the horses' hooves, they knew that at least dozens of horses were rushing towards this side, and the garrison suddenly cheered up, and looked through the doorway, and sure enough, they saw dozens of people wearing official clothes coming at the end of the gallop.

These people, who can they be if they are not Liu Chengfeng's gang?

Liu Chengfeng returned to his heart like an arrow, trekked all the way back, left the team behind, and came back with Gao Qiang and others first.

As soon as I arrived outside the gate, I found that there was some congestion on this side of the gate, so I slowly slowed down my horse.

When the garrison of the city gate saw it, he recognized the Qinci flying fish suit that Liu Chengfeng was wearing, and then he knew Liu Chengfeng's identity. ”

As he spoke, he pulled a doorman and commanded in a low voice: "Hurry, go and report quickly, and say that Liu Chengfeng has arrived in Beijing." ”

The doorman didn't say a word, and went to report it without mentioning it.

Liu Chengfeng entered the city gate, and ignored the garrison, it stands to reason that any official who goes on a business trip has to go to the Ministry of Rites to reply to the decree, Liu Chengfeng rushed directly to the Ministry of Rites, reported, and then went to the signing room to finish the business, the people of the Ministry of Rites looked at him in awe, one of the officials reluctantly said a few polite words to him, Liu Chengfeng was drinking tea here, anyway, he wanted to be here anyway, so the surname Suo sat and greeted the official.

This official's surname is Cheng, a single name is a fan, when he sent someone to drink tea, this Cheng Fan's face changed, and he said: "Liu Yanshi, there is something that the lower official has to ask the adult for advice." ”

Liu Chengfeng saw that there was something in Cheng Fan's words, and asked lightly: "Please also ask Master Cheng for advice." ”

Cheng Fan said: "Jubao Firm, it is said that there are a lot of guards, of which there are more than 80,000 guards, and the fleet goes to sea from Lianzhou, these guards are rampant along the way, and even seize a lot of land in the Nanyang countries. ”

A small official of the Ministry of Rites actually asked about the Jubao Trading Company, which made Liu Chengfeng vigilant.

Cheng Fan said something, Liu Chengfeng also knows some, but he doesn't care about the development of the firm, all of them are handed over to the next to do, the major shareholders to negotiate themselves, this treasure firm has now become a behemoth, with a fleet of ships of all sizes, every year large-scale from the South Seas and the Wa Kingdom and other places to and fro, exchange with each other, monopolize all the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, and even the trade between the countries of the South Seas, has also been seized by the firm A lot, such as the export of the Wa Kingdom, almost all of them are completed by the Jubao firm, They transported the products of the Wa Kingdom to Korea and the South Seas for peddling, and then resold them to other places with the products of the South Seas.

Hesitation to carry out large-scale ocean trade, so basically, as long as the fleet arrives at the place where all the business is monopolized by the Jubao Trading Company, although the annual profit this year is more than ten million taels of silver, it is not difficult. But the problem is not without problems, the reason is very simple, the fleet carries so much cargo, the escort is naturally indispensable, the larger fleet has a thousand guards, and the small one has a few hundred.

Moreover, the ships were also equipped with guns with less recoil, and the guards were mostly equipped with firearms, and even the merchant houses began to wonder whether they should build military ships to cope with the increasingly severe sea situation, for the simple reason that on the surface, they wanted to protect the safety of the fleet.

But what the merchant wants to do, Liu Chengfeng also knows a thing or two, to put it bluntly, it is still a matter of interests, the caravan often has friction with the local natives, such as the caravan in various countries, need to have a place to settle down and hoard goods, sometimes, there are also local natives hired to load goods, and even because of some conflicts, the official mission of the country where the caravan is taken, as soon as the friction comes out, most of the time it is solved by force, and the caravan will never give concessions to the local natives in some places, such as the problem of local legal rights, If the local government wants to take the caravan, then who can guarantee that the local government will not deliberately extort and embarrass them? In addition, there is also the problem of land transfer, leasing a piece of land as a place for the fleet to get foot, there may not be any problems at first, but after a long time, people see your fat oil, won't they want to get a piece of the pie, and excuse not to renew the lease, or raise the rental price?

As long as you take a step back in anything, then there will be thousands of troubles without a clue. The reason why the caravan can make a lot of money is not only by the circulation of goods, but more importantly, he must have a sword to protect himself.

Therefore, within the firm, many shareholders and some high-level figures of the firm were very much in favor of the expansion of the caravan.

This Cheng Fan's cousin suddenly asked about these things, but it made Liu Chengfeng vigilant, he guessed Cheng Fan's intentions in his heart, was silent for a moment, and then said: "The affairs of the firm, although Liu is a shareholder and a person who is preparing for the establishment, but now that he is entangled in everything, he has no time to take care of the affairs of the firm." ”

When Liu Chengfeng said this, he shirked his responsibility, and when he had a problem, he found himself, and he was a fool?

This Cheng Fan was not in a hurry or annoyed, and said: "There are so many guards, all of them are rotating on the Lianzhou side, and it is also strange to say, the lower officials just heard that there is already an imperial envoy in Lianzhou Mansion to investigate, and it is better for adults to be cautious." ”

The Imperial Envoy ......

Liu Chengfeng understood, this Cheng Fan was just a kind reminder, as for who was behind this Cheng Fan, Liu Chengfeng could also guess one or two, Li Dongyang is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, presumably this Cheng Fan is Li Dongyang's person, Li Dongyang is deliberately giving himself a warning to make himself more restrained, in this Beijing Division, someone wants to clean him up.

The person who cleaned him up, how could Liu Chengfeng not know, originally thought that he was going to clean up that Liu Ji when he came back, who knew that this Liu Ji actually made the first move, Liu Chengfeng's face was very cold, but then, he still smiled gently, and said to this Cheng Fan: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, Liu is not afraid of anything, but thank you Lord Cheng for your kind reminder." Yes, hasn't Mr. Li come to the Ministry of Rites recently? ”

Cheng Fan said: "Li Gong has been in the cabinet recently, presumably the adults also know that many craftsmen and apprentices in the world have been reduced to homeless people recently, hey, the court is helpless, Li Gong is now dealing with the aftermath of this matter." ”

Liu Chengfeng nodded, he had heard about this before he came, and there was actually already a sign of this in Xuanfu, he didn't say anything, and said with a faint smile: "He worked very hard, but I became an idler." ”

As he was talking, the palace finally came to the will, and a eunuch came in quickly and asked directly: "Is Liu Yan here?" ”

(To be continued)