"Isn't it a wolf?" Tang Shunzhi frowned.

Xu He shook his head: "Huzhou is located inland, far from the sea, I don't know how much has been arranged along the way of the imperial court's bright posts and secret posts, but the other party can bypass them one by one, this is obviously not the way that ordinary fake widows can bring out!" ”

Tang Shunzhi was shocked when he heard this: "You mean that there are people among the court officials who report the news?" ”

"No!" Xu He said, "It doesn't have to be an official in the imperial court, but it may also be a powerful official!" ”

In an instant, Tang Shunzhi's face changed abruptly, and his eyes looked at Xu He with burning eyes.

After a while, he said slowly: "Liangsheng, you mean the Shen family?" ”

Xu He nodded: "It's just my guess at the moment!" ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded silently.

Xu Song just asked for a ban on the sea, and at this point in time, it happened to be in Huzhou, which really has to make people suspicious.

To understand the logic is actually very simple.

If the imperial court fully lifts the sea ban, it will undoubtedly be bad news for the families who have made a lot of money in smuggling.

However, if the pilot project is carried out first and the Jiangshi Boshi Division is opened, the impact on them will be within a controllable range.

The reason why it is said to be controllable is because, although the imperial court has set up a compendium of foreign trade, there is no regulation on the content of these compendiums.

The biggest industry of the Songjiang Shen family is Songjiang muslin, this kind of cloth, the fabric is soft, it will not be worn for a long time, and it is a very good clothing fabric.

But what is the most famous in China's foreign trade?

Silk, porcelain, tea.

Porcelain and tea are the key industries of the Qin family in Jiangxi and several major families in Fujian.

The Shen family did not have the strength, and it was impossible to compete with them.

Then, silk will inevitably become the Shen family's biggest trade competitor.

Someone is going to say, silk? Raw silk is produced in the south of the Yangtze River, can the Shen family suppress it?

Yes, and it's very easy.

First of all, silk is especially famous in Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

However, the scope of the raw silk industry in Nanzhili is too large and scattered, and it is difficult to control it, and the imperial court has a special Zhongguan in Nanjing to manage raw silk and silk weaving, which is used by the palace on the one hand, and the other part is also one of the main economic sources of the emperor's inner treasury, which is distributed to the domestic market.

Therefore, Nanzhili's raw silk can't be moved, and there is no need to move, its consumer group is mainly domestic, and it is the emperor's cake.

And what about Zhejiang?

It's different.

Zhejiang's raw silk industry is better and more developed than that of Nanzhili.

In particular, Huzhou, known as the "Silk Capital", produces a large amount of raw silk from here every year.

Moreover, there are also professional guild underwriting and underwriting.

Several leaders in the guild are the leaders of the seven elements of Zhejiang headed by the Hou family.

Don't look at the dozens of silkworm houses in Hou Yue's house, it is because of the small-scale peasant economy in his mind, in fact, his family's real big business is to buy raw silk every year.

Moreover, there are seven families like Hou Yue, who monopolize almost half of the raw silk industry in Zhejiang Province.

As long as people like Hou Yue are defeated, Zhejiang's raw silk industry will not be able to stand up and compete externally for at least five years.

In the past five years, the Shen family has already completed the industrial layout, and can transform the fist products of foreign trade from raw silk to Songjiang fine cloth.

In a market, the consumption habits cultivated in the past five years are not something that can be shaken at will.

After another five years, the Shen family took the opportunity to enter the raw silk market, and with their family's human, financial, and material resources, even if the raw silk was still in demand after five years, their family could rely on their strength to crush all competitors.

At that time, the Shen family's fist industry was taken out of an egg basket to fight against risks.

This is undoubtedly a good thing!

The reason why Xu He said that these were just his speculations was because he believed that as long as there were no accidents, interesting people would be on the door of Tang Shunzhi, the prefect of Huzhou.

When the time comes, when you see someone coming, you can confirm his guess.

After listening to Xu He's analysis, Tang Shunzhi still had hesitation in his heart, not that he didn't believe Xu He, but as an incumbent official, when analyzing a matter, he couldn't imagine it out of thin air, but considered the evidence.

But at this moment, suddenly someone outside the door reported: "Master, Shen Hong, the housekeeper of the old mansion of Shen Pavilion in Songjiang, asks to see Shen Ge's old name!" ”

When Tang Shunzhi heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked at Xu He in disbelief.

Xu He smiled: "Yes or no, Mr. Jing Chuan will know as soon as you try it!" ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded with a complicated expression and said, "You go to the account first, and then accompany me to listen." ”

Xu He nodded, got up and sat down on a chair behind the tent.

After a while, I heard a person in front of me: "Student Shen Hong greets the prefect!" ”

Tang Shunzhi should know Shen Hong, got up and said with a smile: "Mr. Kuoyuan, what kind of wind blew you here, hahaha......"

When Xu He heard this, he said in his heart that this Mr. Jingchuan is also an actor.

In front, Shen Hong hurriedly bowed and said, "The student doesn't dare to be called Mr., just call me Kuoyuan!" ”

"Brother Kuoyuan, what are you doing in Huzhou this time? Is it your own business? Or is it a matter of Shen Ge Lao? Tang Shunzhi got straight to the point.

"How dare I take Shen Ge Lao's name card to do my own thing? Haha, that's the case, I heard that there are Japanese people in Huzhou, and the gentry and people in Huzhou were slaughtered? ”

Tang Shunzhi sneered, if he really came for this matter, Xu He really didn't guess wrong, but he nodded lightly on his face and said: "Indeed, what happened just now, I didn't expect Shen Ge Lao to know quite quickly!" ”

"This, haha!" Shen Hong smiled embarrassedly, and continued, "That's the case, Mr. Jing Chuan, what our pavilion elder means is that Qiusi is about to go down the market, I heard that many silk leaders have suffered hardships, if it affects Qiusi to go down the market, the taxes of the imperial court will be difficult to collect, and my Shen family is favored by the country and is willing to spend the time with the Zhejiang government!" ”

Tang Shun's heart was cold, but he said with a smile on his face: "Shen Ge is really an old minister who shares his worries for the imperial court, and that Brother Kuoyuan is ...... this trip."

"That's the case, I would like to ask Mr. Jing Chuan to help convene several other leaders of the Huzhou Raw Silk Guild to discuss the important matter of saving Huzhou Raw Silk!"

Tang Shunzhi said curiously: "With the prestige of Shen Ge Lao, can you summon it yourself?" Why did the official come forward? ”

Shen Hong snorted and said, "Of course, when you come to Guibao Land, it is only right that you still have to cooperate with the government!" ”

Tang Shunzhi knew that what he said was not the truth, but it was not good to ask again, so he agreed in his face, and the two talked about gossip again, and he served tea to the guests.

After Shen Hong left, Xu He walked out from behind the tent, and Tang Shunzhi was frowning and sitting on the chair thinking about the problem.

Seeing Xu He come out, he was curious: "What kind of calculation is this Shen family playing?" ”

Xu He sneered: "It's nothing more than using the hands of the government to put pressure on other silk merchants, either to let them withdraw from the raw silk industry, or they will lower the price and act as a middleman for the Shen family." The Shen family's appetite is not small, it seems that they want to eat Zhejiang's raw silk purchase in one go! ”

After speaking, he smiled and said, "Mr. Jing Chuan, you wait, this Shen Hong's words can't be said clearly, but the gift must be rich!" ”

Sure enough, the next second, Menzi handed in a gift list outside.

Tang Shunzhi was startled just by looking at the first line on the gift list, that is, he exchanged 20,000 taels of silver tickets!