Accurate information leads to precise strikes.

It is precisely because Xu Bing has interrogated the real Han Gui for many days, as well as targeted intelligence investigations, that the moment the fake Han Gui came to the stage, Zhou Qingfeng immediately ordered to crack down on all the personnel who might endanger him - no mercy. This includes not only the officials under Han Gui, but also the nail households in Han Gui's jurisdiction.

All of this work was done in one day and one night, and about a dozen covered carts were rolled out of the city early the next morning to be buried in the 'Leaky Garden'. The soldiers guarding the city gate privately rumored that the carts that were personally escorted by Han Gui and Han were carrying corpses.

As soon as this rumor came out, the market's fear of Han Zhutou deepened. The previous rhetoric that he was haunted by the spirit of injustice quickly dissipated, and ordinary people had to be careful to talk about it behind their backs. Colleagues also felt that Han Gui had become unusually ruthless after this bad luck, and they were even more wary of him.

And the one who paid the most attention to Han Gui's actions was Wang Kai, who was doing business in Fushun. On the second day after Han Zhutou cleared the west of the city, Wang Yuanwai's eyelids jumped in Fushun's private house. The butler of his cronies bowed down and stood aside and reported in a low voice: "Master, the disturbance of Han Zhutou is really not small. ”

Wang Yuanwai sat on the Taishi chair in the hall, holding a purple clay pot in his hand, and closed his eyes slightly. He only nodded lightly at the butler's words. So the housekeeper continued: "Han Gui is doing things very differently this time. If it is said to be a vent of anger, it is okay to pick a few jumping Huan, but after he recovered from his illness, he arrested all his original more than ten subordinates.

This move will arrest his own people, and his power will increase instead of decreasing. Overnight, the place in the west of the city changed, and the new officials were all fresh-faced, but they were very decisive and neat in their work, much more capable than the gangsters in the past. I also sent someone to inquire about the official offices of the thousand households, and those officials who were eliminated were all filed and kept in the files, which were clearly organized and leaked. ”

Wang Yuanwai took a sip on the purple clay pot, touched his chubby belly, shook his head and said: "Han Gui doesn't have this kind of brain, he has changed people behind his back." His current novice subordinates must have been sent by others, and the person who presided over this matter behind him was ruthless, meticulous, and secretive, no matter how you look at it, it looks like Jinyiwei's methods. ”

The housekeeper was shocked, "Could it be that the imperial court wants to do something to us?" ”

Wang Yuanwai shook his head again, "I can't tell, sir, I'm just guessing." ”

The housekeeper continued: "Last night, the dozen streets west of the city were very noisy. It was Han Gui's territory, and no one else could get involved. I went to inquire in person today, but the neighbors refused to tell me what happened last night, and they were all frightened. Even those streets and alleys did not dare to speak, and many people simply left the city early in the morning and ran to the countryside to hide.

However, Han Gui made a lot of money this time, and copied more than a dozen overnight, at least two thousand taels. There are also a dozen or twenty real estate shops. I just got the news from my own silver shop that Han Gui sent someone to withdraw the silver money that had been stored in our cabinet early in the morning, and also took away the silver money saved by more than a dozen government servants who had been raided. ”

Hearing 'Han Gui withdraws the money', Wang Yuanwai felt a little painful. Businessmen are the most sensitive to changes in power, and a few days ago, when Han Zhutou saw that he was about to lose power, he immediately asked his subordinates to drag Han Gui's silver money, thinking of finding a way to swallow it. But now that Han Gui is majestic again, it means that two or three thousand taels of silver flew away from his hands.

Who is standing behind Han Gui? What do you want to do?

Wang Yuanwai was puzzled. In the midst of his distress, the door of the hall was pushed open. A gust of cold wind shook the flames of the stove in the house, and even more stirred the king's spirit. Seeing that it was a servant who pushed the door, Wang Yuanwai immediately scolded: "Damn the killer, do you want to freeze me to death?" ”

The servant stepped forward and bowed his waist and reported: "Master, it's not a small recklessness, it's really difficult to decide, and I want the master to make a decision himself." ”

"What?" Wang Yuanwai asked with a glare.

The servant said: "Han Gui Han Zhutou personally went to our rice village to buy rice, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for 500 stones, and he asked us to give us a 20% discount. ”

...... sneer, Wang Yuanwai couldn't help but be angry. Even the housekeeper said angrily: "That Han Gui was also born in a bad way back then, and this majestic trick has hit us." If you want food, it is impossible to get a 20% discount. ”

The profits of grain merchants are all generated during the season of grain shortage. At present, the cold winter is a good time to sell grain at a high price. Not to mention 500 stones, 5,000 stones can be sold. But grain merchants are not philanthropists, and discounts are absolutely impossible, and it is impossible in this life. In order to stop the fall in food prices, they will even prevent the government from opening warehouses to release grain relief.

As for how many people will die of cold and starvation in the winter? That's a good time to buy land, property, and even people at a low price.

The servant who reported the report said, "Back to the master, the little one also replied to the Han head catcher. However, Han Zhutou said that if we are willing to sell grain at a fifty discount, he is willing to ....... ”

"Five-fold?" At this time, Wang Kai was angry, and sat up from the Taishi chair angrily and scolded: "He is a little Fushun catcher, and he dares to ask me to sell grain at a fifty discount." He ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, right? ”

In normal years, the price of grain in the interior of the Ming Dynasty is three or four cents or even two or three cents a stone. There is a shortage of grain in the border towns of the northern land, and the price of grain is about twice as expensive, but it is less than one or two.

But now is the time of the great winter when there is a shortage of food, and the price of one stone of rice immediately soars to three or four taels per stone. You must know that poor families may not be able to earn a tael of silver a month, but you can imagine how expensive this grain is, and how many people starve to death because of it.

Now that Han Gui wants to sell grain at a fifty percent discount, Wang Kai naturally wants to jump to his feet and scold.

"Let him go, don't even think about buying a grain from me." Wang Kai is the largest grain merchant in Fushun, and the backer behind him is Fushun's guerrilla Li Yongfang. Moreover, he was also very powerful in Shenyang, and made friends with Zhang Chengyin, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and Li Weihan, the governor of Liaodong.

However, the housekeeper steadied the point, and opened his mouth for the servant to continue: "Han Gui wants us to sell grain at a fifty percentage, what is he willing to do?" ”

"Han Zhutou said that he was willing to help us recruit farmers to cultivate fertile land around Fushun, and he also said that if we are willing to cooperate, it will not be a problem to open up 5,000 acres of fertile land within a year." The servant said.

...... hiss, a word immediately popped up in Wang Kai's mind - bold!

This Han Gui really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall!

Is there a shortage of land in Liaodong? There is no shortage.

Is there a shortage of population in Liaodong? There is no shortage.

But is there a shortage of farmers in Liaodong who have cultivated fertile land? Strange shortage!

The generals of the border towns are hereditary, and the military households under them are called as slaves. So much so that the military households fled in large numbers, and the deserted fields were innumerable - do not think that the fugitive military households will live, but they will die later, on the roads, in the wilderness, in unknown corners.

And ordinary farmers are also having a hard time, facing all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and if they want to survive, they must take refuge in a powerful person. The biggest landlord in Fushun is Li Yongfang, because the fields under his name can not be taxed.

Do you want to say that Wang Kai is envious or not? That is naturally enviable. There are not a few fields under his name, but they can only be sacrificed under a big man - the big head is handed over, and he can only earn a hard-earned money.

Han Gui said that he wanted to recruit farmers to reclaim fertile land, and Wang Kai was naturally interested. But how to operate in order to ensure his interests needs to be carefully discussed.

The butler waved his hand to let the servant go down, turned back to Wang Kai and said, "Master, as you see, this is not Han Gui's idea, this is the idea of the person behind Han Gui." In my humble opinion, this hidden person is by no means a thing in the pool, ruthless and thoughtful, and it is really possible to do this. ”

"This person is not small, he can come to win me over, and he can naturally win over others." Wang Yuanwai frowned and said, "If I rashly refuse, I'm afraid there will still be something wrong." But selling grain at a 50% discount is too ridiculous, no, no. ”

This greed is together, and he refuses to be taken advantage of, and Wang Yuanwai is also worried.

The door of the hall was pushed open again, and another servant came in to report, "Master, someone just came to hand over the door sticker, saying that the friend of the Jurchen Dajin Kingdom Ma Chengta has arrived in Fushun." ”

Hand over the door sticker, this is to pull a relationship, and even come to fight the autumn breeze if necessary. Ma Chengta is a businessman in the Jianzhou Department, and he is also familiar with Wang Kai. His face is always to be given.

Wang Yuanwai took the door sticker and looked at it, and found that there was a letter attached to it. When the letter was opened, it was written by Gu Yuanwei, and he only said that he had a friend who had arrived in Fushun, and he wanted to ask Wang Yuanwai to pay one or two, which was convenient.

Wang Kai frowned tightly and handed the letter to his butler. The butler also seemed to be confused, so he asked the servant who told him, "Is this man still there?" ”

"Gone." Servant.

"When did he say he would come back?"

"I didn't say it."

"What does it look like?"

"Medium-sized, with a face wrapped tightly and I can't see what it looks like. It's just that he always laughs when he speaks, and he sounds crazy. ”

"Nothing special?"

The servant scratched his head and said, "He also asked me if there was anything special in Fushun recently?" He also asked me for a person's name, which was the kid who brought a mud leg to rob our Fushun Horse Market about half a year ago, robbed the master's goods, and made the master lose a lot of money. What is it called Zhou ......, Zhou ....... ”

"Zhou Qingfeng!" Wang Yuanwai and the housekeeper shouted the name in unison, and the two looked at each other again, with a look of horror in their eyes. Half a year ago, in the battle of the horse market, he almost lost the king to death, and now this trouble-stirring kid is being asked again, nine times out of ten it is ......, and he is back.

The housekeeper immediately lowered his voice and said, "Master, I suddenly had a conjecture in my heart. ”

Wang Yuanwai gritted his teeth and shouted: "What else do you guess, the person behind Han Gui must be him." Master, I have been in business for so many years, and I have seen a lot of boldness, but I have only seen such a bold. This kid attacked the horse market, so that the lord and I lost a few thousand taels of silver, and he still dared to come out? I'm not done with him, sir. ”

"But you want revenge?"

"That's nature."

"Master still needs to be cautious, this week's kid is bold and weird, but it's not easy to deal with."

"What do you mean?"

"I heard that this kid seems to be at odds with his master this week, and this Dajin has just been established and sent someone to find him, don't you want to get rid of him too? Why don't we set a trap to lure the snake out of the hole? ”

"This kid is indeed not small, and if he is provoked, he is afraid that it will be a disaster, so it is better to let others do it." Wang Yuanwai is a businessman, and he doesn't like to be too presumptuous in doing things. He pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.