In November of the sixth year of Chongzhen, a lot of things happened, even if he didn't read the imperial court's newspaper, Yu Feng knew that something would happen during this month.

At that time, the people in the northwest were in turmoil, and there was Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi, so this person didn't need to be introduced, where he was, the army composed of displaced people, that would never stay, Hong Chengchou was a complete pragmatist, ruthless and black-hearted, for the current situation, his guiding ideology was only one word - kill. It's nothing, and the most important thing is that he has the ability. Whether the homeless people are forced to surrender, or they want to steal their lives, in front of him, there is no market, he is still the same word, kill! After killing all of them, the big tomorrow will stop.

Therefore, the army of the displaced people, all those who have a little consciousness have left Shaanxi, that place is too dangerous, we are just trying to make a living, we can't compete with that Hongyan King, let's avoid you.

Where do you go if you leave Shaanxi? That's right, go to Shanxi! Although Hong Chengchou hangs the signboard of the governor of the three sides, under normal circumstances, he still stays in his Shaanxi hometown, Shanxi seems to be a good place, and the wandering army thinks so. Dead or not, this emperor sent a person who is more fierce than Hong Chengchou--- Cao Wenzhao! This Cao Wenzhao is not ambiguous, although he has a thousand Guanning iron cavalry as the main force, but Leng is like chasing ducks, driving the homeless army to the point of wolf rush, and there is nowhere to stay!

All right! You're all ruthless! Gentlemen are walking around you!

The exile army swarmed into Henan, and Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier of Henan, quit! Don't take such a bully! Dare to be affectionate, you don't dare to provoke this Hong Chengchou, you can't afford to provoke Cao Wenzhao, and I Zuo Liangyu is the only soft persimmon! Don't talk nonsense at the moment, just pick up the soldiers and horses under your command and go to war directly! At that time, Hong Chengchou had "Hong Bing" under him, Cao Wenzhao had "Guanning Iron Cavalry" under him, and Zuo Liangyu also had a unit called "Changping Army!" "This army is also extremely strong in battle, it is with these people that Zuo Liangyu has attacked continuously, won many battles, killed tens of thousands of enemy troops, and chased the enemy army everywhere.

The main force of the exile army was driven by him to Wu'an, Henan, it is estimated that it was too hard to run, and when he ran here, the refugees suddenly thought of a question: We have more than 100,000 people, what else are we running? Right here, stumbling with Zuo Liangyu. They wanted to fight to the death, but Zuo Liangyu didn't do it, he quieted down, didn't attack, and didn't retreat! ---He's waiting for someone.

According to Chongzhen's unified deployment, Cao Wenzhao, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Wang Pu, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, Tang Jiuzhou, the general soldier, and the local army of Henan, arrived in Wu'an at the end of September and completed the siege.

It stands to reason that the rebellion of the displaced people in the northwest has basically been pacified by this time, not only Emperor Chongzhen thinks so, but almost all people of insight in the court think so. Liumin power, almost all the leaders of the homeless people, all in this encirclement, after this battle, the homeless people are wiped out, and the Ming Dynasty is hopeful!

However, in November, Emperor Chongzhen kicked over the table, the jaws of the ministers of the court and the central government also fell to the ground--- and the cooked duck actually flew! The homeless people in the encirclement ran away!

Yu Feng knew this history because during Chongzhen's reign of more than ten years, there were many opportunities to extinguish the exile army that finally captured his country, which was the first and most famous time.

However, the general trend of the world will not affect Shandong for the time being, at least, in Shandong, although there are refugees, there are no groups of displaced people. Therefore, almost all people can't feel that this rebellion of the displaced people has any impact on Shandong, but the people of Huainan and Huaibei have reacted to this matter, after all, there are still many displaced people who have escaped from the encirclement and have fled to the ground in Huainan and Huaibei, needless to say in Henan, it is simply full of flowers, everywhere! Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier, is fighting fires everywhere in a hurry.

At this moment, in a deep and chic courtyard in Huai'an Mansion, several people who looked like scribes were sitting in the shade of the lush bamboo in the courtyard, laughing and talking about something.

This is the courtyard of Huai'an giant Fang Jiacheng, in addition to his close nephews, there are only a few literati who have a close relationship with him, and the literati who can come to this small courtyard are not just a few sour poems or only talk about the wind and the moon and are not pragmatic, the Fang family's business growth over the years is inseparable from the unsparing advice of these people behind the scenes, in a sense, these literati are the think tank of the Fang family's business empire.

An old man with a white beard sat in the head position, with a cup of steaming tea in front of him, quietly listening to the words of the people in front of him.

"This homeless people were defeated by the imperial army in Henan Mansion, and now they are fleeing from east to west, panicking all day long, I heard that in the area of Lijiaqiao, there have been homeless people, this court exterminated the chaotic people, it is a matter of course, but if these chaotic people, attracted the Zuoping thief who is like a tiger and a wolf, this Huai'an ground, I am afraid that it will be grate again!" A scribe seems to be gossiping, and it seems to be pointing something, talking eloquently.

"Brother Zhou, that's too much to worry about!" Another scribe said with a smile: "Although Zuo Ping is a thief, he is just the chief soldier of Henan, and he is not the governor of the three provinces, and he does not have the will of the imperial court, I am afraid that he does not have the courage to extend his hand to my Huai'an, even if it is to chase and exterminate these displaced people, I am afraid that it is also a matter of Tang Jiuzhou!" ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "No matter whether he is chaotic people, officers and soldiers, he is always unhindered by Fang Weng, Fang Weng is far-sighted, the semicolon has been opened to Zhilu, not to mention Jiangnan, these places, the military disaster is temporarily indefinite!" ”

The old man sitting at the top, that is, Fang Jiacheng, shook his head slightly: "I can't say that, after all, I have done a familiar business, and I suddenly changed places, and there are still a lot of elbows, just take Na Ludong as an example, it used to be able to make some profits, but now it is not water, this business is very difficult to do!" ”

Although the Fang family has a lot of business, those who know the Fang family know that the reason why the Fang family can become the leading big family in Huai'an is only because of two transactions, one is salt and the other is sea trade. This sea trade has only started in recent years, but this salt alone is the foundation of the Fang family's fortune. This Fang Jiacheng said that it was difficult to do business, and everyone understood that this meant that the trade of salt goods was not easy to do.

Everyone looked at Fang Jiacheng in unison, although everyone made suggestions, but it was Fang Jiacheng who made the final decision, and they may not be too clear about the Fang family's transactions in various places, anyway, it was just a casual talk now, since Fang Weng was willing to talk about it, he must have the intention of asking for their opinions.

"I don't know what crazy I've been smoking recently, my Huaiyan is in Naludi, and I have been hit everywhere, not only the old man, but also several other peers, and the salt goods have lost a lot of manpower!"

"What did the Inspection Division do?" A scribe asked.

Fang Jiacheng nodded slightly, and the scribe suddenly laughed: "Since it was done by those officials, then why should the adults worry, feeding them with silver money, all the officials in the world are like this!" ”

He thought that it was because Fang Jiacheng didn't go to the local government to get such a thing, but he didn't expect that Fang Jiacheng was so shrewd and sophisticated, how could he forget such a thing.

"Shandong Salt Administration Department and Buzheng Department have sent silver, but there is nothing wrong with it, this salt is sold well in other places, but in this Ludong place, where a small inspection is very difficult, he will be under his jurisdiction, and the business is like an iron bucket!"

"It's just a disease of scabies, why should Fang Weng worry!" Everyone smiled slightly, the officials below were against the officials above, it was very common in this officialdom, if the businessmen thought that the joints above were opened, and the officials below who did specific things did not need to be dotted, it would be a big mistake, the so-called "Hades is good, the little ghost is difficult" is what it means.

"Such a petty official, with Fang Weng's handwriting, leaked some silver and went out, and he was dizzy if he didn't smash it, even if it was an iron bucket, he had to smash a gap!" Everyone didn't care at all, and even felt that Fang Jiacheng asked them about such a trivial matter, which was quite a bit of a big and a small thing, "If this official doesn't love gold and silver, it doesn't hurt to follow the example of Hai Ruihai's pen holder, didn't Fang Weng already open up the joints of the Salt Administration, make some silver, and crooked his mouth from the Salt Administration, and remove such a petty official who is not in the stream!" ”

Fang Jiacheng still shook his head, "I've used both of these methods, I'm afraid they won't work!" ”

He looked at the strategists in front of him, and said with a wry smile: "The silver that the inspector didn't know what kind of way to use to get the money was very properly dotted up and down the Yanzheng Yamen, but no one was willing to say bad things about him, and those who were willing to say bad things about him couldn't reach the ears of the salt envoy!" In fact, even if it reached the ears of the Shandong Salt Administration, I am afraid that I am reluctant to dispose of this inspection, and the people below can make the silver rave reviews, and the Salt Politics Envoy will not be fed. As for sending gold and silver directly to him, people are not rare at all, and the owner has not seen it yet, and the person who went to deliver the silver was driven out. ”

"Is Fang Weng in a hurry to do his business in Ludong?" A scribe who had not spoken, listening to them, suddenly spoke.

Fang Jiacheng leaned back slightly on the bamboo rattan chair behind him, and his eyes narrowed: "The second person went to that place, and came back and said that there are two places in Lingshan, Shandong, where they can be used as good ports, and the official position of the inspection is the inspection ...... of the Lingshan Inspection Division of the Shandong Salt Administration Division!" ”

"Oh!" The scribe sighed softly, it turned out that the so-called difficult business was not the real reason, it turned out that the Fang family had taken a fancy to the location there and wanted to open up a private port to come out, and then thought of the Fang family's thriving sea trade business, the scribe frowned slightly.

"In this way, we really can't get around this inspection, Fang Weng, I don't know what the name of this inspection is, how about I wait for a closer look, and then make a calculation?"

"His name is Yu Feng..."Fang Jiacheng's words sounded a little ethereal: "Originally, he was a broken showman......"