Even if it is a ringing horse, Qin Houye is also a ringing horse of Si Swenwen, fighting and killing is not his style, and stabbing talents with a soft knife is his characteristic.

The shopkeeper of the merchant here laughed more ugly than crying, there was no good banquet, the dignified prince invited them to a banquet of these lowly merchants, and remembered their names, hometowns, and properties better than themselves, what did he want to do?

"Hou ...... Master Hou, I don't know if Lord Hou deigned to invite the grass people and others to a banquet to ......" A shopkeeper stood up and stammered and asked.

Qin Kan smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, of course Ben Hou is to get to know the shopkeepers and pay a look at the demeanor of our rich people......

The shopkeepers laughed dryly, and they wanted to cry even more.

I'm afraid this meal is not much worse than the Hongmen Banquet back then.

Sitting unhurriedly and taking a sip of wine, Qin Kan's eyes scanned back and forth over the shopkeepers, but his smile was like a weasel locked in a chicken nest.

"Okay, I won't be polite to everyone, Ben Hou is inviting you to the shopkeeper today, and I really have something important to ask."

Shopkeeper Song got up and said with a respectful smile: "Master Hou is a noble figure who has stood up to the sky, we and other untouchables want to see but can't ask for it, even if you have something to order, we dare to disobey your orders." ”

Qin Kan clapped his hands, and Ding Shun walked in from outside the door, holding a stack of papers full of words in his hand and handing it to Qin Kan.

Qin Kan flicked his finger lightly on the paper a few times, and looked around with a smile: "Everyone is a businessman, and they write and calculate on weekdays, so they must know how to read, right?" ”

"Recognize it, recognize it." Everyone hurriedly laughed together.

"It's good to know how to read, and Ben Hou will save everyone from explaining them one by one." Qin Kan glanced at Ding Shun. Ding Shun sent the paper down according to the shopkeeper's name.

The shopkeepers took the paper with a panicked expression, and hurriedly swept it up, and in an instant everyone's faces turned pale, and the blood quickly drained from their faces, and several timid shopkeepers couldn't help but tremble violently.

Qin Kan snatched the paper from the hand of the shopkeeper Song beside him, and read it with a smile: "Song Fujin, male, originally from Taiyuan, Shanxi, the name of the business is 'Fu Jin Ji', and the main business is selling leather goods. In the twelfth year of Hongzhi, Liu Yingyan, the head of the household department. A bribe of 20,000 taels of silver, two beautiful maids, ten pieces of ancient jade, and twelve pieces of Dongzhu on the plate. Gee. Good hand! …… At the beginning of the thirteenth year of Hongji. Song Fujin sold 30,000 catties of pig iron all the way out of the customs, entered the grassland desert, and Tatar. Duoyan, Wara and other large and small tribes trade, pig iron in exchange for cattle and sheepskin goods, making huge profits, every year thereafter, Song Fujin took this as a business, and to the first year of Zhengde, a total of more than 200,000 catties of pig iron, millions of family property. ”

After reading what was written on the paper, Qin Kan looked at Song Fujin's eyes full of admiration: "There is a way to make money, Song Shopkeeper, Ben Hou hates to throw himself into your five bodies, how did you think of this trick?" It is said that the heart and eyes of businessmen are the most flexible, this statement is really true, not only flexible, but also bold, it is strictly forbidden to sell pig iron weapons and ordnance to foreign Fanbang in the Ming law, and the violators are immediately decided, and the Song shopkeeper does not even want his life for the silver, no wonder he can gather millions of dollars in just a few years, good, hehe, good ability! ”

Thump!

Song Fujin knelt down heavily towards Qin Kan, touched his head to the ground, opened his mouth to say something, but searched his stomach and found that any justification was so pale.

At this moment, he realized that the identity of this smiling and noble figure in front of him was not only a prince, but also an identity, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the leader of the Son of Heaven's army, with tens of thousands of secret agents in his hands, any subtle thing that happened in any corner of the Ming Dynasty, as long as he wanted to know the Dao, he would definitely be able to know the Dao.

"Master Hou, Rao ...... Plentiful...... Spare your life! Song Fujin suddenly hugged Qin Kan's thigh and shouted bitterly.

Ding Shun next to him was furious, kicked Song Fujin away, and said viciously: "You lifeless and lowly merchant, Hou Ye's precious body is something you can touch blindly?" Looking for death? ”

"Ding Shun."

"Yes."

Qin Kan smiled, his eyes full of murderous intent: "Take the Song shopkeeper and Liu Yingyan, the head of the household department, into the edict prison, this case does not need to go through the criminal department and Dali Temple, after obtaining a confession, the crime of collaborating with the enemy and financing the enemy, the two of them were beheaded in the vegetable market, and the property of the store was confiscated and charged into the treasury, and the family members were sent to the sect department, and the three generations of the three clans were not allowed to participate in the scientific examination." ”

"Yes!" Ding Shun clenched his fists, and then raised his hand, and the captain of Jinyi, who had been waiting outside the Accord, rushed in like a wolf and a tiger, and escorted Song Fujin, who was paralyzed like mud, away.

The atmosphere in the Accord instantly dropped to freezing, and the shopkeepers turned pale, their bodies trembled, and they looked at each other in despair.

Qin Kan smiled and said: "It's ruined the atmosphere, Ben Hou's is not, come, let's drink and eat, Ben Hou specially invited you to a banquet tonight, the table is full of rare mountain and sea delicacies, you must not live up to Ben Hou's heart." ”

The shopkeepers laughed wordlessly.

At this time, who can still eat and drink?

Everyone has a piece of paper in their hands, which records in detail the illegal things they have done, what officials they have bribed, who are the officials who support them behind the scenes, what kind of headless business they have done, how many lives they have harmed for profit, and so on.

The accumulation of capital is full of blood and violence, and it has been the case since ancient times. There is no impermeable wall in the world, who has the ability to cover it tightly and seamlessly after the thing is done?

In the past, they dared to do these things because they were not afraid of being held accountable, and who was the shopkeeper here who did not have the officials behind them to support them? The six departments of the central government, the General Administration Department, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the Dali Temple, and even the eunuchs in charge of the inner palace were infiltrated by these pervasive merchants, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud.

Unexpectedly, someone would dare to check them, and it was the Holy Lady Zhenglong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard who held great power and was the marquis of the dynasty.

Others don't dare to do it, but this marquis can't say for sure, wasn't the shopkeeper Song who was escorted down just now decided by this marquis's words?

It is said that this Hou Ye gave an order at the beginning, and Dongchang said that he would kill thousands of times, without blinking an eye, and even the people who dared to lay a butcher's knife in Dongchang cared about killing a few of their lowly businessmen?

The more the shopkeepers thought about it, the more desperate they became, and cold sweat continued to trickle down their foreheads and backs.

When power can no longer be their reliance. These businessmen have lost all their confidence, and at this moment, they are no different from a pig in a cage to be slaughtered.

After killing chickens and monkeys with spicy hands, Qin Kan quickly calmed down the aura in the Accord, and at this moment he slowly took a sip of wine calmly and sighed contentedly.

"Shopkeepers, please drink."

All the shopkeepers trembled, and then knelt down facing Qin Kan at the same time with a very tacit understanding.

"The untouchables are guilty, begging the Hou Ye to spare their lives!"

"What do you say about the untouchables, do it to the letter, just ask the Hou Ye to spare the untouchables' lives. The untouchables are convicted! ”

"Master Hou. Hou Ye spares his life! ”

Qin Kan looked at the businessmen kneeling all over the room unhurriedly, leaned down to look at the shopkeeper who was closest to him, and said with a smile: "Speaking of shopkeepers, Zhang's shopkeeper is even more powerful, I heard that you are on a certain waiter from the Ministry of Works." Gee. The waist is also thick. The gall is also fat, and it is much more promising than the shopkeeper of Song. ”

Shopkeeper Zhang, who had a calm and calm face just now, kept kowtowing to Qin Kan like a begging old dog, knocking his forehead with blood flowing, but he still didn't dare to stop.

Qin Kan sighed: "Speaking of which, you are all people with hands and eyes. The Beijing officials were bribed by you, the local government was also bribed by you, and even the generals of the border towns were smashed all the way by you with silver and let them go......"

Shopkeeper Zhang said urgently: "Master Hou Mingjian, if there is no support or even hint from the adults of the DPRK and China behind the scenes, how can I and other untouchables have the courage to do this murderous business?" The profits from the sale and purchase are taken by our merchants, but the small heads, and the big heads are ...... are ......."

Qin Kan smiled and stared at him with interest: "Keep talking, who took the big head?" Is it the officials behind you? If you dare to speak out and confess, Benhou will spare you today as if nothing had happened? ”

The shopkeeper's face turned pale, but he kept his mouth shut, refusing to say a word more, just kowtowing constantly.

Qin Kan laughed twice, and he was no longer forced.

He and these businessmen are very clear that the net behind them cannot be moved, at least not now, the interests of the Jingshi court are intricately intertwined, and moving a line will stimulate a violent backlash of the entire interest network.

Fortunately, Qin Kan's purpose tonight was not to investigate corrupt officials, he just needed money.

Clapping his hands, Ding Shun sent a stack of papers to the shopkeepers separately.

The shopkeepers who kowtowed and begged for mercy swept the paper and suddenly froze.

"Borrow...... IOUs? ”

Qin Kan said with a smile: "Yes, IOU, Gonggong Liu, the master of ceremonies, has been tight recently, but it's a pity that Gonggong Liu's identity is too noble, and he can't pull this old face to speak, as the saying goes, helping people is the foundation of happiness, Ben Hou has to help Liu Gonggong open his mouth to you, all the shopkeepers are open-minded and heroic people, and they will not disappoint Ben Hou, right?" ”

"Each person lends 300,000 taels, all the shopkeepers here, except for the shopkeeper Song who is about to be killed, the remaining ten of you each borrow 300,000 taels of silver from Gonggong Liu, well, a total of 3 million taels, the IOU will be issued to you by the celebrant supervisor, the IOU will be shown to you first, and then I will take it back and hand it over to the celebrant Liu Gonggong for sealing, and the most will be sent to you later, is there a problem?"

The shopkeepers nodded with bitter faces.

Who can have a problem? Who would dare to have a problem? killed the chicken of the shopkeeper Song in front of them, who would dare to show their teeth among the remaining monkeys?

The shopkeeper Zhang, who kept kowtowing, stopped kowtowing, looked at the IOU in his hand seriously with a bloody face, and then asked cautiously: "Untouchables are dead, dare to ask Lord Hou, if we lend 300,000 taels of silver, what foolish things we have done before......

Qin Kan waved his hand generously: "It's written off, I promise that the imperial court will not trouble you again...... Remember, it was Gonggong Liu who borrowed the money, not Benhou. ”

After a pause, Qin Kan smiled and said: "Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future, forgive and forgive, if you still dare to sell pig iron weapons and ordnance to the Mongolian tribes, as well as the southeast Japanese and Sichuan Tusi rebels, then it will really be a matter of killing the head and exterminating the clan, there is nothing to hide in this world, don't underestimate the ability of the factory guard." ”

"Don't dare, never dare!" The shopkeepers hurriedly shook their heads.

"Okay, I'll give you a day to raise all the money." Qin Kan suddenly picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "After the business is over, you shopkeepers may wish to carefully taste the ten-year-old wine carefully prepared for you by Benhou, the taste must be different from just now, everyone, please wine." ”

The shopkeepers drank a glass with laughter, and everyone knew what the wine tasted like.

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PS: Yesterday's third watch made my brain a mess again today, and I was in a bad state......

It seems that there is really no life for the third watch...... Rest tonight, no more...... In the future, we will still have normal two more...... (To be continued.) )