After the thunderstorm, heavy rain poured down, sweeping the whole of Hangzhou.

The rain line that swept through the sky was like countless steel whips that slammed down on the roof tiles all over the city, making a loud crackling sound.

But the thunderstorm that lasted for a long time finally stopped because of this heavy rain.

Listening to the sound of rain overhead, Qian Zongchuan sighed softly: "I know what you want to say." Like many people think, you feel that there is a great possibility that this will be a success. ”

Qian Zongbo didn't speak, but this was already an attitude, acquiescence.

"Yes, they have completely taken the two Huai, and with the help of Guo's army, they have also taken the southern part of Gyeonggi, plus the two lakes they have won in the past two years, if the territory is vast, they have not lost to the Pingtian army in the north.

"Therefore, you, and many people in the world, think that they have the bargaining chips to compete for the world, and it is the wisest choice to join them at this time and use them for their purposes.

"But you only saw the current scenery of the Zonghenghui, but did you not realize that they were already in a huge crisis?"

"Crisis?" Qian Zongbo asked curiously, he really didn't see this.

Qian Zonghuan looked at his brother and said earnestly: "Internal and external troubles are all crises. Outside patients, the place they are in seems to be not small, but how many people can be truly attached?

"At present, it is only because the situation in the world is still unclear and the forces of all parties have not fully developed that they have given the illusion that they can steal the Central Plains. But what about two years from now?

"When the two forces in the north really free up their hands, when the court in the southwest decides to advance eastward, they who are located in the Central Plains are the first targets to be swept away and won, if you add me to the south of the Yangtze River, it will be enemies on all sides, and there will be no room for maneuver!

"Two lakes and two Huai, it seems to be located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is also close to Luoyang, the capital division, but once the war starts, it will really be a place of four wars, and there is almost no danger to defend, how can they hold their current territory?"

Qian Zongbo was silent again, but this time, his mind obviously changed a little. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Then what are their internal worries?" ”

Qian Zonghuan sneered: "Those who are worried about the inside, one is in their reputation. In the final analysis, the Zongheng Club is just a combination of a group of businessmen, which is the most profit-seeking, and the reputation of the people has never been good, and it is cheap. Do you think that with this identity, you can really make hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under your command, and millions of people really work for them? ”

"Isn't there still a Guo clan here?" Qian Zongbo reminded.

But in exchange for another laugh from his brother: "This is the second internal worry." Guo's and Zonghenghui seem to complement each other, but in fact, the two sides are really of the same heart and can cooperate seamlessly?

"Power, like a woman, can't really be shared. In the eyes of those people in the Zongheng Society, Guo Shi is just a knife in their hands, and they have always done it.

"However, that was before, to the present, to the future, the situation has changed, will Guo still be willing to keep making that knife, instead of becoming a real knife bearer?"

"What does the patriarch mean that there will be a fight among them?" Qian Zongbo took a slight breath and asked.

"Yes, it's inevitable. As a result, it will be a two-pit breakup, and a heavy one will lose both. Especially when external troubles are everywhere, that is when their internal troubles erupt.

"Whether Guo feels that he has a chance to turn over, or some people in the Zongheng Club are worried that he will turn against the customer, the two sides will eventually turn against each other."

Qian Zongbo thought carefully for a while, and finally agreed with his brother's opinion: "What the patriarch said is that I have made things simple. ”

"It's not just you, there are too many people who are intimidated by its momentum and choose to take refuge at this time, so there is today's chaos in Jiangnan.

"But they still underestimated the deep-rooted roots of my Jiangnan nine surnames here, thinking that they could stir up the storm with just a few means, and in the end, they would only bring disaster to themselves.

"Old Five, you have to remember a truth, my Qian family has been able to stand in Hangzhou for hundreds of years, not because of a competitive ability, but a stable word.

"Only when the outcome is clear, can we make a choice and follow the trend, otherwise, once there is a change, it will be a disaster to destroy the family. We have never thought about being the first in Jiangnan or the overlord of Zhejiang, what we Qian want is just the stability of Jiangnan and the wealth of our own family.

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. The ideals are too high and the ambitions are too great, and in the end it will only drag my entire Qian family into the abyss from which there will be no return. ”

Qian Zongbo nodded with a straight face, he could understand the intention of the patriarch who was the elder brother when he said this, that is, he was telling himself that in the future, he should not be rash, he should only seek to be free and safe.

After reaching a consensus with him, Qian Zongzhuan said with a solemn expression: "So for those unscrupulous people in the family who are trying to come in vain and secretly colluding with the Zongheng Society......

"I know what to do, I'll keep an eye on everyone." Qian Zongbo replied.

"The tree has dead branches, and it always has to be cut down to make the tree continue to grow, and this wind and rain is the best opportunity for my Qian family to prune the dead branches. I'm sure those people can't help but do something! ”

The muscles on Qian Zongbo's cheeks couldn't help but tremble, but soon, he still lowered his eyes: "I understand, patriarch rest assured." ”

The heavy rain is still falling, washing the entire Hangzhou, and this rain, washing is not just a real city?

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Two days later, the gates of Hangzhou, which had been closed for 24 hours, finally reopened.

The people of the city who had been at home for a long time finally relieved, but then they saw a few notices—

In two days, as many as 32 commercial banks inside and outside Hangzhou were banned by the government, and their superiors and subordinates were directly arrested and brought to justice. And the crime of putting them in prison is to collude with bandits outside the city......

The people of the whole city naturally felt a little unbelievable about this statement, how could so many businessmen collude with those bandits and bandits outside the city?

Before everyone could say why, another even more strange thing took away everyone's attention from ordinary trading houses, that is, more than 20 people in the Qian family died of sudden illness at the same time within two days!

When the funeral procession marched out of the city, the people of the city were stunned.

Recently, there has been no epidemic, and the Qian family has never had any terrible hidden diseases, so why did dozens of people suddenly die?

For a while, the people in the city had different opinions, but ordinary people couldn't even get close to the gate of the Qian family, so they naturally had no way of knowing what happened in the courtyard of the deep house.

Everyone only knows that in this early summer season, Jiangnan, which has been quiet for many years, is really about to make waves!