The letter placed in the hands of several representatives of the six major merchant gangs was like a sharp knife piercing the hearts of the six people.

"Who has the final say in Guangdong right now?" Wang Fulin suddenly asked a strange question.

Xie Yiyuan smiled: "I don't know right now, the old man believes that it will soon be Bai Minghe who has the final say." The old man didn't care about his ruthlessness, and he didn't care that he was close to Dongchang. It's just that he keeps his heart and still has a righteous spirit, as long as he keeps his faith in business, keeps his virtue as a man, and keeps his loyalty as a courtier. The old man supported him! ”

"What about this incident, what does Old Xie think?"

"The white-named crane is too crazy, so crazy that no one can see it. I can't bear the slightest objection, and I won't put up with it. But after all, he is still young, first of all, this matter is not right with the Guangdong Merchant Gang, and he also left a point without directly cutting off the business route of the Guangdong Merchant Gang, which the old man wants to say well. But ......"

When Xie Yiyuan said but, the other five people all looked at him.

"However, Bai Minghe was wrong, and he didn't care about what others thought of it, and he didn't care what our people thought of it. only cared about his own pleasure for a while, which the old man thought he was too frivolous. ”

"Perhaps, there is something special about it?" Wang Fulin said a word for the white crane.

Xie Yiyuan nodded: "If there is really a reason, such as ......" Xie Yiyuan picked up the blood book again and looked at it: "If there is really any reason that we can't think of, the old man will personally come to the door to apologize to him and make amends!" But if not, the old man will come to the door to scold him, if he is really ruthless, he will also go to prison! ”

The literati of the Ming Dynasty, especially the Confucian merchants, still have a lot of backbone.

On the other side, all the elders of the Guangdong Merchant Gang were in a meeting, and half of them didn't even know about the strike, and they were only notified after the strike.

At this time, the Guangdong merchant gang had been divided into two factions. It's like fire and water.

On the one hand, he thinks that he must stick to the end and let Bai Minghe see the backbone of the Guangdong merchant gang. The other half disagreed, Bai Minghe didn't do anything against the Guangdong merchant gang, why did the merchant gang be hostile to Bai Minghe?

"It's better to spread rumors and recruit workers from the Yamen of the Guangdong Metropolitan Division. It's digging rotten mines, building roads, and many people die every day. ”

"Do you want to be destroyed?" Another scolded: "Your head is stupider than a pig, a Zheng Erpin said that he would copy his house, what kind of thing are you, if you dare to spread rumors about his white name, he will dare to raid everyone in the Guangdong Merchant Gang and exterminate the family." This is called slandering the court. The scolding man was about to say something, but an old man said: "The Chaozhou Gang quits the Guangdong Gang!" ”

The whole venue fell silent in an instant.

Hu Shame thinks that the mysterious man is terrible, because he has always been controlled by people. In fact, the people do not fight with the officials. Merchants are ordinary people, and it is impossible for them to use their lives against the government. Unless it is someone with ulterior motives.

An old man slowly stood up and stretched out his hand to the one who had withdrawn from the Guangdong Gang: "The family is already nong!" ”

"The family is gone!" Another stretched out his hand.

Chaozhou, Shanzhou, and Jieyang have always had a feeling of being born from the same root, and they are very close to each other, and at this time they are willing to advance and retreat with the Chaozhou Gang.

"Let's retreat too!" Two middle-aged men with their heads wrapped in blue cloth scarves also stood up.

The Guangdong merchant gang is divided into three major parts. Part of it is the Cantonese Gang, which is mainly based on Guangzhou City as the core force. Part of it is the iron-clad brothers, the one-hearted Chaoshan Gang. The last part is the Hakka Gang.

These three forces broke up, and the merchants of some other small places also made choices.

The Qionghai Gang, the Lufeng Gang, and many very small. There were only a few dozen people in the caravan of merchants, in the meeting of the Canton Gang. Forever as observers, they made a choice.

"Well, you should never look back!"

"Farewell!" It's not interesting to say cruel words or anything, as the old man who proposed the break left, the rest of the small merchant gang followed closely, at this time, whether it was righteous or not. They are not willing to fight with the government with their lives.

The hearts of the merchants are used, and the hearts of the merchants are even more scattered.

The price is so low that they will do business in the future, and the white crane is a desperate plan.

Many businessmen are even considering whether to open their doors for business and continue like this. Within ten days, they would be closed forever.

Just when the merchants were extremely entangled, soldiers came out to clean up the streets.

Bai Minghe was about to return to Guangzhou City from Qinghui Garden, and the streets were full of people crowded to buy rice and salt. In fact, there is no need for sergeants to open the road, and the people have consciously let go to both sides of the road.

I don't know what kind of official the white crane is, but the number one murderer in Guangdong is it. In one sentence, the entire family of the political envoy was destroyed, as well as several cronies and officials of the political envoy. If a merchant makes a fuss, he will directly cut off the merchant's way. There are enough goods here, and the rice bags are piled up into a mountain, so there is no need to weigh them at all, and they directly use copper basins, and a flat basin is ten catties.

Many people weighed more than ten pounds.

Never go against the murderer, the people are pure and good, they know this very well. The fierce name of the white crane is known to everyone in Guangzhou. Although he is fierce, he is a good person, at least he didn't bully the people.

Bai Minghe was not in the carriage, he just made a false impression of returning to Guangzhou City.

Soon, the original political envoy heard someone shouting something at the entrance of the yamen, but few people in Guangzhou could understand it. There were still some people who had traveled from south to north listened and explained to other people.

"That was Qin Di's Guanzhong words, and this Lord Bai seemed to be angry. His wife was overjoyed, and she did not let him be at peace for two days. He had to rush all the way back to Guangzhou City, and then said that he was asking whether he had stolen the man's buns or robbed the merchant's child's candy, and that if you boycott the market, you will never open the market. ”

Many people said in their hearts: Yes, this Lord Bai did not offend the merchant gang, why did you strike the market?

The people who have been arranged for a long time began to publicize among the people, and the government is naturally good for the people, and now there will soon be a lot of work to be done here in Guangdong, and in the future, as long as the food and clothing are worked, they will be distributed, and the merchants will really go on strike, and the government will not care. I heard that the number of people who need to work is at least more than 400,000, and the number of people who braided hemp rope alone is several thousand.

The people who need the most are the people who load the goods at the dock, and it will take tens of thousands of people.

The white crane circled around the door and returned to the house with a wicked smile on his face. This time, his important thugs, as well as the confidential master, have arrived. Naturally, Shiramei Crane began to start a new plan.

"I'm going to Siam!" The white crane opened his mouth very simply and directly.

"Can adults walk in peace? The matter here has not been dealt with, who can take the place of the adults. And Siam, who can go on behalf of the adults? General Liu Mingxuan has already gone to the capital, but there is no one in charge of Siam, in case something happens, who will be responsible. ”

Lu Qiyuan found a bunch of reasons.

"How is Su Muyun?" Bai Minghe did not ask Lu Qiyuan, but asked Zeng Tao.

Zeng Tao replied immediately without thinking about it: "Adult, the student thinks it's not good." Maybe in the future, but not now. No one can be an adult spokesperson. What's more, this time it is to be a credential, and it is not appropriate to have no official officials. And only you have the envoy scepter! ”

"So, how about Lord Jieji?" The white crane picked another person.

"My lord, neither way. Master Jie was the political envoy of Guangdong, and he could not leave Guangdong without a holy order. And Siamese affairs can only be handled by adults. ”

Bai Minghe pointed at Lu Qiyuan: "It's you, you go on behalf of the official." He said, "The official invited the King of Siam to come to the city of Guangzhou." ”

"My lord, no. The canonized credentials must be issued in the royal city of Siam, and it is rude for the Ming Dynasty to come to Guangzhou. ”

"Not on the left, not on the right. What do you want to say? The official didn't see your serial confessions, so why is it just a tone? Bai Minghe scolded with a smile.

The three masters all laughed, and almost replied in unison: "My lord, we are doing according to etiquette!" ”

"That's it, let's deal with the affairs of Guangzhou City first, and it's not too late for this official to go. There are a few things for you to deal with at the moment. Bai Minghe opened a map: "First build a 10,000-mu salt farm on Qiongdao, this matter Qionghaiwei is responsible for the safety of the guard, you choose one yourself, and give this official to supervise the construction of this salt factory, there is only one requirement, before the end of this month, I want to see the first batch of salt!" ”

The two whisperers from Hepu discussed two sentences, almost the same attitude.

"My lord, let Zhong Ming go away, he is a sinner. can wear guilt and make meritorious contributions, and he has a good ability to manage this kind of thing. He is in charge of the workshop that makes women's menstrual towels in Hepu, but it is full of female workers, according to Madame, to choose a female butler, the rest of the place is very important, he is not very reliable, so it must be no problem to take care of the salt works. ”

"That's it, but warn him!" As soon as the white crane clapped his hands, it was settled.

"Don't worry, my lord, Wu Baihu has arranged two people, and the name is protection is actually surveillance. If he has any restlessness, he will definitely not escape our eyes! ”

Bai Minghe waved his hand, and the matter was settled.

"Tao Liwen, this official asked you to analyze Siamese spices and set a target for purchasing. Do you have results? ”

Tao Liwen blushed: "My lord, although the students are dedicated, they still can't do well." Because the students did not know about spices, they only chose thirteen varieties at the moment, but they did not know what the production of Siam was. There are more than 100 kinds of samples, students think they are all good spices, but they don't know how to use them, and they have consulted many books, but there are no relevant records, and they are all things that the Ming Dynasty does not have. ”

"What you don't have is worth it. went to Wang Fulin, and said that the official had said it. There are more than 100 kinds of spice samples here, and the official wants to make a book. Then, ask him to arrange for someone to come over. ”

"Yes, sir!" After Tao Liwen replied, he said: "Hui Shang once sent someone over and wanted a hundred stones of cinnamon. Because the adults were not in Guangdong, the students gave them a stone. They offer a very high price because the quality of Siam's cinnamon is very good. ”

"How many do we have?" White-named cranes don't even know their warehouse stocks.

"My lord, we pulled almost a boatload of cinnamon at that time, fifteen hundred ingredients." Tao Liwen replied respectfully. (To be continued......)

PS: Double the next day, continue to ask for a monthly pass.