"Ding Xiu, where is it?"

"How are I recruiting Jinyi Guards now?"

Luo Congee walked down the attic and asked loudly, After the trial of the new commercial tax, I don't know how many cows, ghosts, and snakes will be introduced, so I naturally have to lay out in advance.

"Back to Lord Luo, after His Majesty nodded and agreed, my Jinyi Guard has expanded very rapidly recently, and now I have recruited four guards, that is, more than 22,400 people."

"If you count the 28,000 people in Kyoto, there are already nearly half of the previous dynasty."

Ding Xiu reported in a deep voice.

"Twenty-eight thousand?"

"It's barely enough!"

"This official will ask His Majesty to transfer these men to the land of Gyeonggi earlier, you can go down and prepare first."

Luo Congee groaned.

"No!"

Ding Xiu received the order and went out to prepare.

"Bai Xiaosheng, how is the situation of the Espionage Division now that the four major merchant gangs are being snooped into?"

Luo Congee's gaze fell on Bai Xiaosheng and asked.

"Back to Lord Luo, during this time, Xia Guan has already spilled all the plates under his hand with Shen Congwen's line, and the locations of each granary and treasury have also been figured out."

"The remnants of their four major merchant gangs in various counties in Gyeonggi have been figured out, and they can be arrested at any time just after an order from an adult."

Bai Xiaosheng arched his hand.

"Well, in that case, then arrest all these remnants and kill them all."

"It's an appetizer before dinner."

Luo Congee smacked his lips and said.

"By the way, do you want those saucers outside your mansion?"

Bai Xiaosheng looked in the direction of the long street and asked,

"Don't bother with it just yet."

"And let them all know the movements of some of their own officials, so as to give them the courage to get together, otherwise it will be very troublesome to find people to kill all over the world."

Luo Congee shook his head and said.

"No!"

Bai Xiaosheng bowed down and retreated when he heard the sound.

On that day, countless saucers were in operation, and countless pieces of information were sent to the spy department by flying pigeons, and then passed on in batches.

When night just fell, I saw thousands of brocade guards dressed in splendid clothes and wearing wild goose swords on their waists, riding out of their horses, holding a newspaper in hand, and scattered in all directions to the land of Gyeonggi.

……

Three days later,

Shangjing,

Caishikou,

Hundreds of prison vans were taken from various county towns in Gyeonggi to the city, and each prison cart held three or five people, including men, women, and children.

Looking closely, most of them are wearing cloth clothes like ordinary people, but their bodies are extremely round, obviously they are people from well-to-do families, and they are very different from the people of Shangjing who have been cultivating for several days and still have vegetables on their faces.

"Killed!"

"Killed!"

The people who had good deeds walked through the streets and shouted.

When the news spread and the people learned that they were behind the raising of food prices, it attracted tens of thousands of empty alleys in the capital.

"The cool breeze arrives, the white dew falls, the cicadas chirp, the eagle is a sacrifice bird, and the ...... is killed with the beginning"

"It's a good time to kill your head!"

Luo Congee looked at the dead leaves falling on both sides of the long street and whispered, Dali has been paying attention to the season since ancient times, and autumn corresponds to the most solemn season among the four seasons.

If it is according to the arrangement of the five elements, the autumn corresponds to the "gold", the nature of gold is cold, from the five elements of feng shui at this time life is the most silent, it is the season with the lowest vitality in the four seasons of the year, and gold represents the equipment used for felling, is the representative of destruction, the main killing!

So since ancient times,

Most of them like to ask for slashes after autumn.

"Lord Luo, the hour is coming!"

The official who was in charge of the beheading on the side glanced at the sky and bowed to Luo Congee who was in the main position.

"Hmm."

"Let's all come up."

Luo Congee waved his hand when he heard the sound.

There were hundreds of brocade guards who brought the remnants of the four major merchant gangs in Gyeonggi to their knees.

Although the capital is big, it can't get together hundreds of executioners, so it can only let the Jinyi guard rush temporarily, but fortunately, the strength is strong enough, and the Yanling knife can also cut off the head.

Although the execution platform built at the entrance of the vegetable market is wide, it cannot accommodate hundreds of people, so on the high platform is only the old and young of the Yongshang Fan family headed by it.

The rest,

They were escorted under the high platform and lined up.

As the hour approached, hundreds of Yanling knives were also slowly raised, and the cold blade in the sun should set off the frightened face of the person who was about to be awarded the head, crying, and pleading, and never stopped for a moment, without those rumors that "the head fell off, and the bowl had a big scar." "Eighteen years later, he is a good man again. "A kind of bold speech.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place?"

Luo Congee shook his head excitedly, and his gaze moved from Jinyiwei to the crowd.

At this moment, the four long streets adjacent to the intersection of the vegetable market are all crowded with black people, most of whom are ordinary people, and of course, there are also many merchants who come to inquire about the news.

"Young Master, let's go......"

On the side of the window on the second floor of the tavern facing the street,

The servant looked at the young man beside him and persuaded.

"My family is on that torture platform, how can I walk?"

The middle-aged man said in a hoarse voice, this person is the descendant of the Yongshang Fan family, born to a maid, and was not included in the genealogy, so he escaped by luck.

If you really want to talk about it, it is also deserving of his Fan family's bad luck, the world's four major merchant gangs have their own territory, scattered all over the world, just like the territory of the Chao merchant Shen family in the coastal area, the territory of the Jin merchant Qu family in the west area, the Fan family's territory is indeed not far from the land of Gyeonggi Linjiang County, after the death of Fan Lao, who was in charge, was wiped out by the purging Jinyi Wei.

"Alas, the thief is powerful."

"Young Master, you can't change anything if you look at it any longer, but it adds sadness to your own ......"

The old servant sighed.

"It doesn't matter if you can't change it, it's good to see more,"

"You have to make a note of what this enemy looks like, right?"

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth.

"Lord Luo, it's three o'clock in the afternoon!"

On the high platform,

The official in charge of the beheading felt the gradually dazzling sunlight, turned around and looked at the timer's leaky pot, and then leaned over to Luo Congee and said.

"Slash!"

Luo Congee didn't hesitate when he heard it.

Throwing out the token in hand.

"Execution!"

"Bang ......"

The scene of hundreds of human heads falling to the ground together is extremely shocking, and the round human heads are like beads falling to the ground, rolling in all directions with blood and water.

"Good!"

"His grandmother's, good kill!"

"These merchants who killed a thousand knives should have died a long time ago!"

There were constant cheers from the people below, and at this moment, even the infamous Luo Congee had a slightly better image in their eyes.

Of course, there are also businessmen who don't dress up in disguise and secretly clench their fists, and they can't bear to look at it.

Luo Congee sat on the main seat and just looked at it coldly.

"Click......"

On the second floor of the street-facing tavern,

The middle-aged man who had just spoken was indeed grief-stricken, even if the wine glass in his hand was crushed, and the sharp opening pierced into the flesh and blood, he didn't know it.

"Young Master, let's go......"

"Go back to our Linjiang County, stay in Qingshan and don't be afraid of no firewood, my Fan family is also the master of a Ningbo businessman, I think there is still an incense in other families, now young master, you are still alive, we may not have the possibility of a comeback......"

The old servant beside him walked up to Fan Mingyuan and whispered, with a hint of pleading in his tone, counting that the Fan family has been doing business for dozens of generations to have the current situation, becoming the main business of one of the four major business gangs in the world, but now it is a bubble.

He has been in the merchant gang since he was a child, and he has also seen the glory of Ningbo merchants, but in the end, there is only such a lone seedling left, and he doesn't want to see him fall so sluggishly.

"Comeback?"

"How easy is it to say?"

Fan Mingyuan laughed at himself.

"I just thought,"

"If you can kill that thief, you will have no regrets in this life."

"But how can we ...... Even if the rest of the families join hands, I'm afraid it's far from enough. The old servant looked at the brightly armored brocade guard, and then stopped.

"Since the four major merchant gangs are not enough, then add some people, no matter what the price is, they must promote this matter, I only know that this revenge will not be avenged, and I Fan Mingyuan will not be a person."

Fan Mingyuan looked at the young man in a python robe on the high platform and said resolutely.

"Young Master, what do you mean?"

"Didn't he covet my Ningbo businessman for a long time?"

"Now that my Fan family is the only one left to live in the world, those many channels are useless, since he wants to, why not give him all the trade routes that have been opened up for hundreds of years?"

Fan Mingyuan said expressionlessly.

For the merchants, the money and grain industry is important, but the most valuable of them is the business road that dozens of generations have worked hard to open up, that is the hen that lays golden eggs.

"Cao Gang?"

The old servant was also stunned when he heard this.

The Cao gang has existed since ancient times, and was spontaneously organized by the sailors along the great rivers, and was extremely loose at first, not much different from ordinary guilds, but later became more and more strict as time went on.

There are cruel rules, family laws, and the righteousness of the rivers and lakes to maintain, a hundred years ago there were as many as 10,000 people, busy as sailors, idle as water thieves, this is somewhat similar to the tide merchants, but the number is better than a lot.

After the development of water transportation in the previous dynasty, the place where the river is located has also become a prosperous place for trade, merchants gathered, with silver, there are naturally people who come here, and the Cao Gang is even stronger again, helping more than 30,000 people.

Looking at the whole world, not to mention the strongest strength, the number of people can definitely be ranked in the top few, among which there are many outlaws who lick blood from the knife edge, and Jiangyang thieves and giant water bandits who are mixed in.

"Are they really willing to get involved in this?"

The old slave was stunned.

"Why not?"

"You must know that as soon as the new business tax comes out, in addition to those of us who are doing business, the biggest one is his Cao Gang, who originally made a living from trade and had a lot of industries in his own family."

"After all, our ordinary businessmen are scattered, although they are miserable, they can barely survive, but he helps tens of thousands of people, and if there is more than one percent of taxes, there will be less food for thousands of people!"

Fan Mingyuan said firmly.

"It's best if he can take the lead of the Cao Gang, start an incident in our Linjiang County, and involve all the businessmen in the world!"

Fan Mingyuan's palms clenched again as he spoke, and the pain in his heart made his face more and more hideous.

"Anyway, let's go back and give it a try."

"Crackling ......"

Fan Mingyuan threw the blood-stained fragment of the teacup in his hand to the ground and abruptly got up and left.

Luo Fu,

……

Following

Dozens of prisoner carts were pressed to Caishikou, this time it was not the merchants, but the officials and their families behind them, these people were all officials from various county offices who had participated in Prince Shuo's case earlier, a total of more than 30 people.

According to the law of Dali, more than 10,000 profits were made, and they were all copied. It's just that counting the extremely large number of family members, it was not until today that all of them were arrested and sent to Kyoto.

On the third day,

Another group of prisoner cars were pressed here, all of whom were officials who violated the rules after the trial implementation of the new commercial tax, and businessmen who were found to have committed tax evasion and evasion.

For three days in a row,

The vegetable market has never been clean,

The merchants of the world also really felt the strength of the imperial court's implementation of the new law, and everyone was in danger, and even more than half of the shops in the capital were temporarily closed.

……

meanwhile

Linjiang County,

This place is more than hundreds of miles away from Beijing, it is the place where the rivers converge, the trade is extremely developed, the merchants are divergent, the five directions are miscellaneous, from a distance, there are thousands of sails competing for the scene.

The wharf is even more prosperous and lively, with merchants coming and going, in an endless stream, and countless Lifu carrying sacks and carrying goods walk through it.

One of the most striking is the scene of the backbone gang waiting everywhere with sharp blades in hand, and the scene of the spear-armed spears on the edge of the dock, and there are many Cao gang leaders playing pai gow with local county soldiers in the corner.

"Let's go, let's go and set up a line."

"Meet the leader of the Cao Gang too."

Fan Mingyuan, who had just gotten off the boat, walked straight out of the dock, as the head snake of Linjiang County, he naturally knew their old nest.

(End of chapter)