Chu Yi walked casually and looked around, but he didn't walk half a street, Chu Yi found that there were at least hundreds of large and small shops, which shows that this commercial prosperity in Suzhou is really not to say, it is really true.

Tang Yin said on the side: "The overseer doesn't know, the Suzhou City Night Market is extremely prosperous, and it can almost stay all night, if the Overseer is interested, you might as well go to the night market to have a look." ”

Cao Shaoqin looked around, looked at the prosperous scene around him and couldn't help frowning: "If our family is not mistaken, the commercial tax silver handed over by the entire Suzhou Mansion last year should only be more than 5,000 taels, not to mention the rest, just these shops we have seen, in a year, the silver of commercial tax is probably not less than 10,000 taels." ”

Tang Yin coughed lightly, he was also the first person in the high school government examination, and he was exiled in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai for half his life, Tang Yin can be said to have seen through the world, and now listening to Cao Shaoqin say this, Tang Yin sighed with a little sigh on his face: "If it is said that the governor will implement a new tax in the future, then this land of Suzhou and Hangzhou must be a hard bone, if you don't want to find a way to suppress the tax resistance of the gentry and businessmen in Suzhou and Hangzhou, I am afraid that the new tax will not be implemented in the land south of the Yangtze River at all." ”

Saying that, Tang Yin looked at Chu Yi with a look and said: "The governor should know that the gentry in Jiangnan gather in several places in Suzhou and Hangzhou, especially in Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”

Qi Hu's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "They dare!" ”

Fang Li on the side glanced at Qi Hu and said, "Qi Da stall, don't forget to take people's money like killing their parents, the overseer wants to collect taxes from them, what else do they dare not do!" ”

Qi Hu's eyes widened and said, "Could it be that they still dare to rebel?" ”

Fang Li chuckled and said, "Don't forget, killing officials is tantamount to rebellion, they even dare to besiege and kill the servants of the Son of Heaven, even if it is a rebellion, it is not an uncommon thing." ”

Cao Shaoqin screamed: "Then let them rebel and try it!" ”

Regarding the discussion of Qi Hu and Fang Li, Chu Yi's expression was calm, and he just looked at this prosperous scene lightly.

Such a prosperous business is said to be enough to collect huge commercial taxes to support the huge empire, but the annual commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is only a hundred thousand taels, and even the net worth of a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan is not comparable.

It is these people who lie on the body of such a giant as the Ming Dynasty and frantically absorb nutrients but do not know how to feed back, and as a result, a hundred years later, Jiangnan was stained with blood, Yangzhou was ten days, and Jiaqing was slaughtered.

Dongchang has to set up a stronghold in Suzhou City, and Chu Yi and his party obviously can't rest on the ship, let alone find an inn to settle down in, so the Dongchang stronghold is very suitable.

A courtyard that looks quite ordinary, more than a dozen Dongchang fans, and a Dongchang supervisor are all the people in the entire stronghold.

In Suzhou Mansion, this bit of manpower is really useless, that is, it plays a role in transmitting some news, as for the deterrent place, to be honest, out of the Beijing Division, the deterrent power of the East Factory is far inferior to Jinyiwei.

Mao Yu, the head of the East Factory, looked at the group of people in front of him, especially when Cao Shaoqin showed him the identity token inside the East Factory, Mao Yu couldn't help but be startled, and looked at Chu Yi and his party with a look of horror on his face.

Before Mao Yu was sent down, he had personally visited Cao Shaoqin, although he had not seen Chu Yi, but he was not a fool, Cao Shaoqin and the others obviously faintly took Chu Yi as the core, in this case, Mao Yu was naturally able to guess Chu Yi's identity.

Except for the Son of Heaven and Chu Yi, Mao Yu really couldn't think of anyone who could make Cao Shaoqin, who was almost the future overseer of Dongchang, so respectful.

It was obviously impossible for the Son of Heaven to leave Beijing, coupled with some rumors about Chu Yi, Mao Yu stepped forward and bowed to Chu Yi for a week and said: "Mao Yu, the head of the East Factory, greets the Lord Overseer, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!" ”

Glancing at Mao Yu lightly, Chu Yi flicked his hand and said, "Don't be formal, get up!" ”

Only a very few people know about Chu Yi's departure from Beijing, maybe some people in the capital have already noticed Chu Yi's departure from Beijing at this time, but in this place, Chu Yi did not make a noise, and no one really knew that Chu Yi had already left Beijing for many days.

Mao Yu hurriedly said: "Overseer, please come in!" ”

In the hall, Chu Yi sat in the middle, and the others lined up on both sides and sat down separately under Chu Yi's instructions.

Mao Yu was faintly panicked and nervous in his heart, after all, he didn't get any news in advance, Chu Yi suddenly came, if there was anything that couldn't be done, in case he provoked Chu Yi's dislike, then he would have no future in Dongchang.

Taking a deep breath, Mao Yu respectfully said to Chu Yi: "The overseer needs Mao Yu to report on the situation of the East Factory in Suzhou Mansion!" ”

Chu Yi nodded and said, "It's okay to talk about it, let's see what information you have collected." ”

His eyes lit up, and Mao Yu hurriedly saluted: "Back to the Governor, although there are only a dozen people in Suzhou Mansion, I have bought dozens of eyeliners on the periphery to find out the big and small things that happened in Suzhou Mansion for us at any time......"

From Mao Yu's mouth, Chu Yi learned more about Suzhou Mansion, obviously compared to Tang Yin, who only briefly introduced some Suzhou Mansions, Mao Yu told everyone present about all aspects of Suzhou Mansion from the other side.

Not to mention, Dongchang has no other capabilities, and it is still first-class in terms of collecting intelligence, and many hidden things have been detected by Dongchang. Even Tang Yin nodded again and again when he listened to it.

It took half an hour for Mao Yu to tell Chu Yi the information about Suzhou Mansion, Fang Li and Cao Shaoqin couldn't help but look at Mao Yu differently, and they could take care of the base of Suzhou Mansion East Factory like this, to be honest, this Mao Yu was really a talent, and Cao Shaoqin even had the idea of when to transfer Mao Yu back to Beijing for reuse.

Now that Chu Yi has almost completely let go of the affairs of the East Factory, it can be said that Cao Shaoqin will deal with it, and he is just one name away from the position of the Governor of the East Factory.

Mao Yu can enter Cao Shaoqin's eyes, so in the future, he will definitely be able to rise to the top in the East Factory.

Chu Yi bowed slightly, glanced at Mao Yu with satisfaction, and said, "Yes, it seems that you are also attentive in this Suzhou Mansion." ”

Hearing Chu Yi's praise, Mao Yu said excitedly: "The slave and maid are just doing their duty, and they don't deserve to be praised by the overseer!" ”

Chu Yi motioned for Mao Yu to sit down, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, looked at Mao Yu and said: "Mao Yu, you often live in Suzhou Mansion, and you know more about Suzhou Mansion than everyone else. ”

Mao Yu's expression changed when he heard this, and he shook his head almost instinctively: "The Overseer must not!" ”

Although they had known for a long time that it would be very difficult to increase the commercial tax in Suzhou Prefecture, they never expected Mao Yu's reaction to be so big.

Mao Yu felt that everyone's eyes fell on him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said respectfully to Chu Yi: "So that the overseer knows that there are five major families in Suzhou Mansion, Zhang, Wang, Chen, Li, and Liu, among which the Zhang family, the Wang family, and the Chen family are famous maritime merchants in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and each family has dozens of sea ships that travel overseas all year round, and the Li family and the Liu family control the textile, tea, and porcelain industries in the entire Suzhou Mansion, and no matter which one of them, they are at least worth millions." ”

It is not surprising to everyone that whether it is maritime trade or the textile, tea, porcelain and other industries that control a place, the profits are amazing, and the millions of net worth are less.

Mao Yu continued: "In addition to these five families, there is also a Wu family, the second master of the Wu family is the garrison of Suzhou Mansion, and the thousands of households in the following guards are all members of the Wu family, even if it is not the in-laws of the Wu family, who controls the large and small mines of Suzhou Mansion. It can be said that as long as these six families are willing, they can make the huge Suzhou Mansion go out overnight at any time, and then cause turmoil in Suzhou Mansion. ”

Tang Yin was born in Suzhou and grew up in Suzhou Mansion, so he naturally knew that what Mao Yu said was true, not even exaggerated at all, sighed lightly, and said to Chu Yi with a fist: "Governor, Mao Zhangban is not lying, the six major families have been entrenched in Suzhou Mansion for decades, and it can be said that several families have joined forces to run Suzhou Mansion like an iron bucket, even if it is Suzhou Mansion from the prefect to a servant, it depends on the faces of the six families." ”

Cao Shaoqin frowned and said: "Even Nanjing City has not been able to have an iron bucket, I didn't expect this Suzhou Mansion to be run like this." ”

In fact, everyone present knew in their hearts that Nanjing City had a different status in this place south of the Yangtze River, which was the political and cultural core of the south, and there were not many powerful and wealthy gentry living in Nanjing. In this case, no matter how strong it is, it is impossible for anyone to operate Nanjing City as a monolith.

If someone can really make Nanjing Chengjing into an iron plate, I am afraid that it will not be far from the destruction of the family.

Looking at Chu Yi, Mao Yu said respectfully: "Once the overseer raises taxes, it will inevitably provoke a strong backlash from these six families, not to mention other places, at least in this Suzhou Mansion, the overseer is afraid that it will be difficult to receive any taxes." ”

Several people looked at Chu Yi, but Chu Yi's expression remained unchanged, and he even had a little smile on his face, and said with a slight bow: "I never thought that the situation in this Suzhou Mansion would be so complicated, but the huge Suzhou Mansion is controlled by a few families, and it is really worthy of the Emperor of the Sky!" ”

I don't know why Chu Yi didn't show a trace of anger, but after listening to Chu Yi's words, a few people present felt a little chill in their hearts.

Just when Chu Yi and the others were learning about the situation in Suzhou Mansion in the Dongchang stronghold, the Wu family in Mao Yu's mouth was in the magnificent mansion of the six families.

A dock steward is respectfully bowing down in front of a rich outsider at this moment, if someone sees this outsider, they will definitely be able to recognize this person as the head of the Wu family, Wu Yi.

Wu Yi is very rich, wearing a foreign hat and a gorgeous dress, sitting there with a kind smile, anyone who sees it must praise the appearance of a good person.

But what is called people can not be disguised, Wu Yi's murderous name in Suzhou Mansion is really to stop babies crying at night, and there are no less than 100 people who died directly and indirectly in the hands of Wu Yi.

Whether it is a wharf or a mine, it is controlled by the Wu family, if there is not enough ruthlessness, the Wu family cannot firmly control more than ninety percent of the mines in Suzhou and the wharf in Suzhou.

Wu Yi looked up at Wu Si, the dock manager, and said, "Wu Si, you are not staring at the dock, and you are running back now, could it be that something happened on the dock again?" ”

Wu Si said respectfully: "Go home, the old servant is here because there are two strange official ships on the dock, according to the master's orders, but if there is a strange big ship parked in Suzhou Mansion, the master of the family must be made clear as soon as possible!" ”

Wu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Oh, there is a strange official ship coming, has the other party reported his identity, have you ever found out, what is their origin?" ”

Wu Si shook his head and said: "The other party seems to be quite vigilant, and he didn't take the initiative to contact the dock to report his identity, but after their people got off the boat, the old servant has already summoned our people, and it won't be long before we can find out the origin of these people!" ”

Wu Yi glanced at Wu Si appreciatively and said: "You have done a good job, if our Wu family wants to maintain its current status, we must be cautious in everything, if we can travel on an official ship, we must have an unusual identity, although the Wu family is not afraid, but we don't want to cause any more trouble......"

While he was talking, he saw a steward come in a hurry, but it was Wu Zhong, a steward of the Wu family who was in charge of intelligence investigation.

Wu Zhongbai fell down in front of Wu Yi and said, "Family master, there is important news!" ”

Wu Yi was curious: "Oh, what is the matter?" ”

Wu Zhong said in a deep voice: "After receiving Wu Si's summons earlier, the old slave immediately sent someone to investigate the identity of that group of people, and finally found that that group of people had actually entered Willow Leaf Lane!" ”

Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, then reacted, stared at Wu Zhong with an exclamation, and said, "You said those people entered Liuye Lane?" ”

Whether it is Wu Zhong or Wu Si, they all know what Liuye Lane represents, the whole Liuye Lane is not big, there are just a few families, and those who can sit on the official boat can only enter the East Factory when they enter Liuye Lane, and it cannot be for a few poor people in Liuye Lane.

Wu Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, the people we arranged in Liuye Lane also came out to show that the group entered the Dongchang stronghold." ”

Taking a deep breath, Wu Yi said: "In this way, there is a good chance that this group of people is from Dongchang." ”

Wu Zhong and Wu Si didn't speak, just sat quietly on their knees and waited for Wu Yi to make a decision.

After a while, Wu Yi glanced at the two of them and said, "Okay, this master already knows about this matter, so you can go about your own business." ”

Seeing Wu Si and Wu Zhong leaving, Wu Yi suddenly spoke: "Come on, invite the second master back to the house, and say that there is something important to discuss." ”

[Code word, ask for a monthly pass.] 】

https:

Genius to remember the address of this site in a second:. Sogou mobile version reading website: