"Now I have it."

"There's still a lack of a vote."

Luo Congee came closer with a horsewhip in his hand,

Looking at Shen Congwen, who was full of sluggishness, he said unhurriedly.

"Vote?"

Shen Congwen recalled what Luo Congwen had just said, and said in a daze.

"Don't you want to serve the Lord?"

Luo Congee looked at Shen Congwen, who had a childish face and even a little bookish flavor.

"Yes!"

Shen Congwen recalled Brother Fangcai's explanation and gritted his teeth.

"Alright, let's go."

Luo Congee waved his hand and asked his subordinates to bring a horse to him, and then led a group of brocade-clothed guards to ride in the direction of Shangjing.

Outside the capital,

In the manor,

The remaining three major merchant gangs have gathered together, namely Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and Ningbo merchants, and now more than 1,200 people are being tied up by ropes in the open space, and hundreds of elite horsemen of Jinyi Wei are standing with swords.

Looking closely, the three principals in the front row are all over the age of knowing their fate, and they have seen a lot of strong winds and waves, and they are still calm after being tied up, and they don't show too much fear of the brocade guards standing with knives next to them.

"Old Fan, what do you mean by this thief, why did you tie us up here and ignore it?"

A Hui businessman,

Looking at the oldest of them, the old man spoke.

"Hmph, it's just to get everyone together, and then force us to hand over all the grain and grass."

"Could it be that he can still kill them all, can't we?"

The old man snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

"You have to know that now that the Northern Expedition has just begun, we still need to use our channels to raise follow-up grain and grass, and now that the Xie family has been slaughtered, his court should not want to get a grain from the family gate valve before it is pacified, if it is contrary to us, it will be even more difficult to continue."

"It's hard to increase the people's taxes."

"Causing public resentment to boil?"

The old man said quietly.

"It's also the truth that Fan Lao said."

"Kill us all,"

"Will he be able to look for food all over the world in the future?"

"The Northern Expedition has already caused the mourning of various states and counties along the way, and if it is in the field tax, I am afraid that his position as emperor will not be stable."

After listening to the words of the old man surnamed Fan,

The rest of the principals are also a lot more stable.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Outside the manor, there was a dull sound of horses' hooves,

Although the principals have been relieved after discussing for a long time, they still can't help but feel a little apprehensive when they look at Luo Congee who came on horseback, and when they see that the knife next to him is still bleeding, their eyes are even narrowed.

got closer, and when he found Shen Congwen who was walking with him, he sighed in his heart, and inexplicably had a bad premonition.

"Suffered!"

"How could he be with that thief?"

The head of Jin Shang said in a low voice.

"Could it be that he has already surrendered to the thief?"

The head of Hui Shang frowned.

"It's not right, his brother Shen Congshang is the head of the Chao Gang, why didn't he come along, what the hell is going on?"

The oldest Ningbo businessman, surnamed Fan, looked at the familiar young face beside Luo Congee and frowned.

"Bang ......"

Luo Cong didn't have any extra nonsense, and directly threw the head of Shen Cong's brother Chao Shang to the ground.

"What are you, my lord?"

The old man surnamed Fan looked at the head on the ground, and his heart became more and more uneasy, and even his tone softened a lot.

"Bang Bang ......"

A wild goose knife was casually thrown to the ground by Luo Congee.

"Pick them up and kill them first!"

Luo Congee didn't glance at the principals, but fell on Shen Congwen and said undoubtedly.

"Lord Luo, I ......"

Shen Congshang turned over and dismounted and picked up the knife on the ground, his eyes wandered on the few principals and the many businessmen and guards below, although according to his brother's intentions, he was ready to get rid of the other ones.

But I also want to hand over the account book behind my back and borrow the hands of the official to do it, but now I am doing it myself, I am afraid that I will isolate myself from the businessmen and be intolerable by the businessmen of the world.

"Lord Luo, don't do this."

"Lord Luo, we are willing to offer grain and grass."

The remaining principals were also panicked when they saw this, and they didn't care about the previous discussion, knowing that there would be no good results if they dragged on, so they regressed ruthlessly and begged for mercy.

"Don't you do it yet?"

Luo Cong ignored the noise beside him, and stared directly at Shen Congshang, who was holding a knife with a hesitant face.

"Shen family boy, don't be confused!"

"I've been reading books for so many years, don't you know the truth of the cold lips and teeth in the book, kill me and wait for you to really have a good result?"

The old man surnamed Fan saw that Luo Congwen was reluctant to deal with it, so he simply questioned Shen Congwen directly.

"I ......"

Shen Congwen held the knife, and then he knew that the so-called name was not so easy to stand, but looking at the head of his brother on the ground, his heart was still firm.

"It's too grinding......"

Luo Congwen looked at Shen Congwen, who was slowly moving forward with a knife, shook his head and said, then took out the embroidered spring knife on his waist, slammed the horse's belly, the horse was in pain, galloped out, and the knife borrowed the horse's momentum, and it was directly the head of the most respected Ningbo businessman.

"Adults spare ......"

"Poof......

As soon as the remaining two principals begged for mercy, Luo Congee easily turned over and dismounted and swept out the embroidered spring knife in his hand, and the two of them fell to the ground holding their throats.

"Lord Luo, I'm ......"

Shen Congwen looked at the Yanling knife in his hand and the three people who fell on the opposite side.

"Qinglong listens to orders!"

"Drive all the remaining shopkeepers of the major merchant gangs into the hut, give each of them a knife, and lock the door shut......

Luo Congcong ignored Shen Congwen's words, and pointed to the remaining three shopkeepers in the field, these people were all people who went to his house with Li Mingxiang a few days ago to discuss business, since they can become the person in charge, they also have a high status in each family.

"Remember, only one person can come out alive!"

Luo porridge put the knife into the sheath,

"Lord Luo, you ......"

Shen Congwen wondered.

"You have to go, too!"

Luo Congee said undoubtedly.

"In the end, I don't care if it's you or someone else who solves this trouble for me."

Luo Congee leaned closer and whispered next to Shen Congwen's ear.

"Throw them all in!"

Speaking of which,

Luo Congwen also ignored Shen Congwen, who was still stunned, and waved his hand to the cavalry beside him, and a few people separated and escorted Shen Congwen to the warehouse.

"My lord, aren't you afraid that he will die?"

"He can take the initiative to surrender to you, I think there are still some preparations, and his identity as the second son of the Shen family is not comparable to other shopkeepers."

Bai Xiaosheng looked at Shen Congwen's back and said.

"If you're dead, you're dead......"

"In this world, people are not ruthless, they can't stand steadily, and you must know that the rest of the big business gangs are not good."

"If you can't pass this level in front of you, and you are not ruthless enough, how can you get rid of them in the future."

Luo porridge doesn't matter.

"Besides, he's going to die eventually."

Luo Congee looked at the closed warehouse door and said quietly, and when the first person who came into contact with their four major merchant gangs carved into his mind, a figure from the character book had already appeared in his mind.

After the four major merchant gangs are completely wiped out, they already need someone to help completely control the business and money and food that belong to them, after all, rebellion also needs the support of countless money and food, and the money bag naturally cannot be placed in the hands of others, and only those who are absolutely loyal in the character book can rest assured.

"Also, in the end, they are all people who have offended adults."

"How can you live?"

Bai Xiaosheng nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, looking at the young man in front of him a little distracted, he was originally a person who would repay him, for the person who had already stood on the opposite side of him, how could he let him live well and control so many resources.

In the wooden house not far away,

Since the four of them were imprisoned, there have been crackling sounds, mixed with cries of pain and shrill scolding, and the original superficial harmony has become insignificant when it comes to their own lives.

It's just that on the one hand, he is a business shopkeeper and a scholar who reads, so naturally it is impossible to take the other party's surname as easily as the brocade Wei Tiqi, both sides are like ruffians copying knives and cutting people, you come and go, and you can't hurt each other's surnames in a short time.

Luo Congee just waited quietly outside the wooden house.

I don't know how long it took,

The wooden house was completely silent, and the brocade-clothed guards guarding the door also opened the wooden door according to Luo Congee's previous instructions.

"Tick, tick, tick......"

When Shen Congwen came out of the back room, there were already a few more bloody heads in his hands, and when he looked closely, it was the heads of the rest of the shopkeepers of the big merchant gang, and now they were constantly wading down the blood, and the original robe on his body was also dyed red with blood at the moment.

"After all, it was the tide merchant who started by looting, and in the end he was still more ruthless than the others."

Luo Congwen looked at Shen Congwen's figure and smiled.

"Lord Luo!"

"This is the villain's name!"

After Shen Congwen saw Luo Congli waiting not far away, he leaned closer, knelt on the ground with his legs, and shouted loudly while holding the string of human heads high.

"Do you want to vote?"

Luo Congwen looked at Shen Congwen, who was kneeling on the ground, and muttered, after the killing, even the bookish qi on his body was much thinner, and his eyebrows were full of determination.

"It's not enough to think ......"

Luo Congee looked away from the heads of those people and said softly.

"Qinglong, you should drive all the rest of the people to the idle warehouse next door."

Luo Congwen ignored Shen Congwen, who was still kneeling, and pointed to the remaining more than 1,000 people in the venue and said in a deep voice.

"No!"

Qinglong commanded.

"Hurry up!"

"Let's all go faster!"

After receiving the order, the hundreds of horsemen who were guarding the field drove the bound people to the storehouse, which was originally huge and a little crowded after being stuffed into a thousand people.

Fortunately, Luo Congee killed people first, and there were a few bloody human heads in front of him, although those who were tied up were a little puzzled, they still didn't dare to resist in the end, and the whole process was quite smooth.

"Wang Tongzhi, you go and find some fierce fire oil."

When the door of the storehouse is tightly sealed,

Luo Congee looked at Wang Ruling again.

"No!"

The latter did not delay in the slightest when he heard the sound, and left directly, and soon pulled a cart of jars and jars, which were full of fierce fire oil.

These fierce fire oils were all found in the manor, and it was obvious that the other merchants, like the Chao Gang, had prepared for the worst before.

"Dome it all over the outside."

Luo Congee looked at the treasury and said in a deep voice.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Shen Congwen, who fell to his knees, was puzzled.

"That's what you're really ...... to vote for"

Luo Congee said as he took out a fire fold and lit a torch, the flickering flames danced in the young man's eyes, and the originally handsome face was like a fierce face at this moment, and there was an indescribable chill in the fluttering words.

"We are all bewitched, please spare your life, my lord!"

"Lord Luo, just spare us......

The people locked up in the warehouse obviously also heard the sound of the jars and jars cracking outside, smelled the pungent smell of fierce fire oil wafting in the air, and began to panic, begging for mercy for a while.

But no one paid attention to it, and as Wang Ruling smashed the last jar of fire oil on the door, the air in the entire warehouse was also full of that palpitating smell.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

"Damn the damnation of your shitty thing!"

The crowd slammed their shoulders against the door when they tied their hands and feet, and the original pleas for mercy turned into hysterical cursing.

"Damned?"

"Perhaps."

Luo Congee whispered to himself, he didn't have the slightest sympathy for these merchants, and anyone would put away that cheap sympathy when the price of food rose tenfold.

In the eyes of these merchants, it has nothing to do with them whether it is the front-line war or whether the people live or die, and even in the end, they would rather burn the grain and grass than cheapen others.

I really can't imagine any difference between them and the people in the west in my previous life.

It may seem too brutal to outsiders, but when you are in this era, you will know the hatefulness of these merchants.

"Go ahead."

Luo Congee handed the lit torch in his hand to Shen Congwendao.

"Hmm!"

Shen Congwen wiped the blood stains on his face and took the torch and walked resolutely in the direction of the warehouse.

"Boom ......"

At the moment when the torch touches the fierce fire oil,

I could only hear a "boom" and a fire rose into the sky.

"Ahh......h

When the fire breaks out,

All the cursing was muffled by cries of pain,

"Cough, cough, cough......"

Immediately afterwards, billowing smoke rose, and the cries of pain gradually subdued, and bursts of violent coughing that seemed to cough out the lungs came from the storeroom.

Over time,

Gradually, all the sounds disappeared,

for all the pants in the storehouse are dead.

"Lord Luo, the grass people live up to their trust!"

Shen Congwen turned around and knelt down again in the direction of Luo Congwen, not feeling the slightest fear in the monstrous heat wave and the pervasive scorching smell coming from behind, but his eyes became brighter and brighter, and they were full of desire for power.

One sentence can easily decide the life and death of thousands of people, and let them be buried in the fire, which is incomparable to how much money their Shen family earns.

Today is also the most intuitive experience,

What is called the power of the monstrous.

"Back to Lord Luo, the grass people still have something to tell you, my Shen family is in a store in Shangjing City, and there are still some accounts about each family, and I think it will be useful for Lord Luo."

Shen Congwen said in a deep voice, knowing very well in his heart that he had no way out, so he simply handed over everything to him as soon as possible according to his brother's arrangement.

……

Shangjing,

Dongshi,

"Lord Luo, please!"

Shen Congwen stood in front of the store and said.

"My lord, please look!"

After everyone entered the store, under the guidance of Shen Congwen, they walked up to the attic, and what they saw were two large boxes.

"Crunch ......"

Luo Congee casually opened the wooden box in front of him, and there were hundreds of account books lying quietly inside, and the corners of many account books had been curled.

If it weren't for the cotton thread, I'm afraid it would have fallen apart long ago, but Rao can still smell a faint smell of decay, many of which are old accounts collected.

In this way, I am afraid that the contents of this box are very old, and the grievances between the four major merchant gangs have also been around for a long time, not in recent years.

"Selling smuggled salt and iron ingots to the steppe tribes?"

Luo Congee frowned secretly after flipping through it, the book in his hand is a part of the accounts that record the private salt and iron of the Hui merchants, and each piece is meticulous, the geometry of the years and months, the geometry of money and grain, the geometry of income, and the words are clearly written in black and white.

Naturally, it is not only the Yan country bordering the border, but also those nomadic people on the grassland, who are the real alien races in comparison, and they are more ferocious, and salt and iron are exactly what they lack the most.

The imperial court strictly forbade the sale of these things into the grassland, and originally thought that those feudal officials who raised their own dignity were already bold, but they didn't expect that these businessmen would not be too worried about what they were doing behind their backs.

"My lord, go ahead and see."

"Maybe some surprises."

Shen Congwen on the side did not have the slightest surprise, but took out an old account from another box and handed it to Luo Congee, obviously there was something more exciting.

Luo Congee took it suspiciously, and after flipping through a few pages, he found that this was the account book of Jin merchants trafficking in human beings, which was also meticulous, where it was purchased, where it was sold, how old it was, and how many people it was, all of which were recorded, as if a complete industry had been formed.

"Hoo ......"

"They died unjustly."

Luo Congee exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and said coldly.

"Lord Luo."

"In addition, these are the accounts of our tide merchants."

Shen Congwen then opened a hidden hidden pavilion, which was piled up with more ledgers, and because it was his own family, it was much more detailed.

"As long as Lord Luo gives an order, the grass people are also willing to help Lord Luo to make the tide merchants ......"

Shen went from the point of the text to the end of the road.

"I wonder if you're still satisfied?"

When Luo porridge was flipping through it,

Shen Congwen said at the right time.

"How many vacancies are there in the department?"

Luo Congee asked.

"Returning to my lord, a master bookkeeper died in the Yongle Street case earlier, and Xie Wenxue, the head of the household department, also died two days ago, and my lord also beheaded two master bookkeepers this morning, and there are quite a lot of positions in the household peacock."

Bai Xiaosheng said in detail.

"The master book?"

"Squire?"

"That's it, the Japanese official will secretly play with Your Majesty, and I want to have a squire position that can still be reserved for you."

Luo Congee put down the ledger, closed the box, and nodded.

"Grass people, thank you for your support!"

Shen Congwen was also extremely surprised when he heard the sound, he originally thought that he would arrange for himself to go to the household department to slowly figure it out, but he didn't expect him to directly let himself sit in the position of the waiter.

"After you sit in the position of the head of the household department, the task given to you by this official is only to connect with the four major merchant gangs, and then find out all the granaries and silver warehouses of each family in the state and county."

"Of course, in this process, this official will send the Jinyi Guard's saucer to assist you."

Luo Congee said unabashedly, originally thinking of borrowing the channels of the four major merchant gangs to make the eyeliner of the Jinyi Wei Espionage Division all over the world, but now it is just the right time to clean up the internal problems first.

"Granary?"

"Silver?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Do you know what's the most lucrative business in the world?"

Luo Congee asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, it is a shipping and foreign trade business, such as our Chao merchants will transport woven cloth and porcelain to overseas countries for sale, and the benefits are not much different from the silver earned by raising the price of grain in Shangjing."

"In addition, it is the salt and iron business, after all, those barbarians can't do without these two things, and most of the silver they get from plundering the border every year also flows back to ......me through this channel."

Shen Congwen said it rightly.

Luo Congee did shake his head secretly.

"I want the official to speak."

"The fastest profitable business in the world is still grabbing."

"The efforts of those super-rich businessmen for more than ten generations, racking their brains to oppress, exploit, and deceive the people, I am afraid that the silver saved can pave the official road of the Quartet built by the imperial court.

"And the official only needs to kill them all, and the land, grain, grass, and silver they have saved ......"

"It's a lot faster than selling."

Luo porridge is quiet.

"Even an adult's knife is fast enough."

"But in the end, it is also a long-term disadvantage."

Shen Congwen said stiffly.

"Fishing with all your might?"

"Long-term disadvantage?"

"It's nothing if you want to kill them all."

Luo Congee patted the embroidered spring knife on his waist and sneered, taking history as a mirror, millions of people died in the previous life, and they did not see the world unfavorable, but the life of the people in China was much better.

"This ......"

"You don't have to worry about the rest."

"You just need to do the things that the official explained as soon as possible, and when this matter is done, it is not impossible to come to the position of the Shangshu......

Luo Congwen looked at Shen Congwen, who was still about to argue, waved his hand and interrupted, and then left without looking back.

……

Luo Fu,

E,

"Send all these ledgers to the palace."

Luo Congee looked at the boxes of ledgers and pondered for a long time, and finally ordered in a deep voice.

"Let Your Majesty know how many angry things he has done behind his back, and how much money he has earned."

Luo porridge plays with taste.

"Adults want ......"

Bai Xiaosheng vaguely understood something.

"Collect and pay heavy taxes to merchants all over the world,"

"Force them all to take the lead!"

Luo Congee said in a deep voice.

"Lord Luo, although the imperial court has been heavy on agriculture and suppressed business since ancient times, but in the end it is also a class of people, if they are all united, I am afraid it is not easy to get along, that is, your lordship, you are fierce and powerful, but you really want to cut off their financial routes, I am afraid that you are not convinced."

"Those who are not convinced will be killed!"

Luo Congee said sharply, and his eyebrows were cold.

(End of chapter)