After sending Yuan Jia away, Chen Kan's sleepiness was basically gone.

After pondering for a while, he instructed Yun Cheng, "Tell Xu Yuan to come to see me." ”

The collective disappearance of the people of Donghe Town must be strange.

Although Chen Kan didn't want to care about this matter, after all, Donghe Town became what it is today and he couldn't do anything with it.

Moreover, now that the New Year is over, some of Chen Kan's counterattack methods should also be arranged.

Otherwise, after a long time, people still think he is a soft egg, and he doesn't even dare to come out when his own woman is bullied.

Xu Yuan came quickly.

Now Xu Yuan can be regarded as growing up, and he is in cahoots with Zhu Gaosui in the Five Cities Terrach, one against the top and the other against the bottom, and the Five Cities Terracotta Division is running vigorously.

If this continues, Chen Kan feels that it won't be long before he can hide behind the scenes and be the sixth man with peace of mind.

"My lord, what are your orders to call your subordinates over in such a hurry?"

Chen Kan pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down and say." ”

Xu Yuan sat down according to his words, Chen Kan pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "The people of Donghe Town disappeared collectively for a day the day before yesterday, and the result of the investigation of the Criminal Department was that the people collectively went to the Old Crow Temple to pray for blessings.

But Ben Hou feels that this handwriting is very similar to that of the White Lotus Sect, so you send two trustworthy people to check it. ”

Xu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "The White Lotus Sect still dares to come?" ”

Chen Kan shook his head: "Ben Hou is just guessing, but if you want so many people to disappear for a whole day for no reason, apart from the White Lotus Sect and the Jianwen Yu Party, Ben Hou can't think of anyone else." ”

"This White Lotus Sect is really ghostly, my subordinates will take people to investigate!"

Xu Yuan was very angry, extremely angry, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the White Lotus Sect had been fighting for so long, and the two sides had already ended up in an endless end.

But the White Lotus Sect dared to do things under the noses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division when it had lost so many backbones, and even the high-level leaders were almost wiped out, which could no longer be explained by boldness.

This is completely not taking the imperial court and the Five Cities Terracotta Division in his eyes.

I can't tolerate it, I can't bear it at all.

At a critical time, Chen Kan scolded: "What's the hurry, if you encounter a little thing, you will panic, and you will become a big thing." ”

Xu Yuan came back to his senses and hurriedly got up to ask for guilt: "What Master Hou taught me is that it is his subordinate Meng Lang." ”

Chen Kan motioned for him to sit down and continued: "Also, the information you collected can be released, this time, Benhou wants to make them the object of spurning by the entire Jingshi. ”

Xu Yuan's eyes lit up and asked, "Is Master Hou finally going to attack those people?" ”

The corners of Chen Kan's mouth twitched: "Can you find a nice adjective, what is it called, it is like a big black hand to make Ben Hou." ”

Xu Yuan smiled awkwardly: "Master Hou forgives the sin, and his subordinates will do it." ”

"Go ahead."

Sending Xu Yuan away, Chen Kan sat on a chair, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the table.

"Knock, knock, knock~"

Zhu Di warned him that he could take revenge on those who stretched out his hand when he was unconscious, but it could not affect the court.

In fact, Chen Kan never thought of using the power of the court to get back the field.

Chen Kan has a clear understanding of his position, let him play with intrigues, he thinks that he is not inferior to anyone, but he is upright above the court, he may not be the opponent of those officials who are familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics and know the righteousness in their hearts.

Therefore, Zhu Di's admonition is not so much a constraint for him, but rather a right one.

Of course, it's not that Chen Kan has no energy above the court.

After all, Fang Xiaoru is such a big god, and he is in the position of the head of the hundred officials every day, if Chen Kan really makes up his mind to use the power of the court to deal with those two horses, Fang Xiaoru will not sit idly by.

But again, if Chen Kan wants to go higher and farther after the imperial examination, he must now cultivate his own strength.

Always living under Fang Xiaoru's wings, it is easy for Chen Kan to become dependent.

Fang Xiaoru is already in his fifties, how many years can Chen Kan rely on him?

Chen Kan felt that he was like a hypocrisy now, wanting to be self-reliant, but at the same time, he was reluctant to give up the resources left by Fang Xiaoru.

Don't think about it, if there is a mirror in front of him now, Chen Kan will definitely be able to reflect a big cheap character on his face.

After pondering for a while, Chen Kan called Yun Cheng again and ordered: "Pass the order, all the workshops of the Jinghai Hou Yimai will stop work from now on, including the workshops that provide water conservancy stamping devices for the imperial court. ”

Yun Cheng was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Master Hou, all the work is suspended?" ”

"That's right, all."

Chen Kan undoubtedly gave the order to stop work, even if doing so would cause the Hou Mansion to lose tens of thousands of dollars of silver every day.

The perfume and glass invented by Chen Kan, with the help of Jiangmen's sales channels, have been sold to every corner of Daming, as well as to the small countries around Daming.

And these two businesses alone have brought more than 1 million yuan in revenue to the entire Jiangmen in the last year.

This is still the case where the door only accounts for two components.

The real big head is Zhu Di's side, with an income of 2.5 million yuan, which is worth the sum of all the imperial estates and all the royal incomes.

If it weren't for these inputs, Zhu Di would not have had the money to give Zheng He to build a shipbuilding last year, let alone the money to resist the opposition of all officials and send a detachment of partial divisions north to the grassland.

The construction of Beijing, the construction of the Royal Military Academy, and the research and development of firearms are even more fantastical.

Now all workshops have been suddenly ordered to stop, and the one with the greatest impact is Zhu Di.

But since Chen Kan made this decision, these things are in his plan.

He wanted to see what kind of choice Zhu Di and Jiangmen would make after suddenly losing so many gains.

This trick is called borrowing a knife to kill.

Someone upsets me, either you help me deal with him, or I cut off your financial route, you choose.

There is a strong sense of coercion.

But that's what Chen Kan wants to achieve.

Among the Jingshi, there are not a few people who are hostile to the Hou Mansion, except for the Marquis of Guangping and the Marquis of Fuyang, who have torn their faces, the other partners may not be of the same mind as Chen Kan.

Everyone gathers for profit.

When Chen Kan was alive, Chen Kan ate meat, and they drank soup.

But once Chen Kan has three strengths and two weaknesses, they will turn into evil wolves.

This time, it was because Chen Kan was not really dead, and Zhu Di secretly pressed them to prevent them from succeeding.

What's next time?

It's a good time to warn them.

You will have meat to eat if you follow me, and if you dare to bare your teeth at me, then don't blame me for lifting the table.

"Master Hou, if each family sends someone to ask, how to deal with it?"

Yun Cheng hesitated a little, this loss was too great.

Chen Kan said lightly: "From now on, the Hou Mansion will close its doors to thank guests, and let them dry for a few days before speaking." ”

"This ......"

"Okay, the old slave will do it."

No matter how much Yun Cheng hesitated, he was just a housekeeper, and the real master of the Hou Mansion was Chen Kan.

All he could do was to remind Chen Kan what kind of crisis he would encounter if he did so.

And now that the master is ready for the crisis, he, as a servant, has no choice but to obey.

After sending Yun Cheng, Chen Kan went into the study, sorted out all the drawings, and asked Fang Xu to set up a carriage and drive towards the palace.

Chen Kan had just arrived at the palace, and news of the closure of the perfume and soap workshops had reached the mansions.

The heads of the families unanimously prepared generous gifts and sent housekeepers to the Jinghai Marquis Mansion to inquire about the news.

Fuyang Hou Li Rang and Guangping Hou Yuan Rong, as part of Jiangmen, gathered together with uncertain faces after getting the news.

"What does Chen Kan mean by this?"

The two instinctively felt that something was wrong, and they instinctively felt that Chen Kan was targeting them this time.

But the closure of perfume and soap workshops harms everyone, including Chen Kan.

For a moment, they were a little confused.

At the same time, shops throughout the capital also hung up signs that perfumes and soaps had been sold out.

There are so many people in Jingshi, and it is good to say that the perfume is basically unaffordable if you don't have a little money, but the sudden out-of-stock of soap made all the people a little shocked.

After all, many people are not used to using cheap and easy-to-use soaps, and then using expensive and difficult bath beans.

"What happened?"

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the Beijing Division suddenly became noisy.

This is the time when the consumption of soap and perfume is at its highest, especially in the major restaurants and the painting boats on the Qinhuai River.

The restaurant is a loyal user of soap, and perfume is the only way for the young ladies on the Qinhuai River to make money.

Many shops that had placed orders were suddenly told by the supplier that there was no goods, and the old bustard of Hualou and the shopkeeper of the restaurant had to make trouble to the Tooth Guild, so the major Tooth Shops instantly fell into chaos.

And several gossip about the Marquis of Guangping and Fuyang also began to be spread after the perfume and soap were suddenly out of stock.

Two of the Hou mansions competed with the people for profit, annexed land, occupied rivers, and robbed people's shops in an instant.

Economic sanctions, public opinion sanctions, and being isolated by all the nobles, this is Chen Kan's means of countermeasures, and it is also Chen Kan's means of standing up.

This set of combination punches went down, Yuan Rong and Li Rang didn't kneel on the ground and call Dad, and Chen Kan's name was written upside down.

Unlike the nobles who are as anxious as ants on a hot pot, the initiator of all this, Mr. Chen Kan, is enjoying the intimate service from the palace maids.

Zhu Di and Empress Xu summoned Chen Kan in the harem.

As soon as he entered the door, the two maids stepped forward to remove the big hair for Chen Kan, and very intimately presented Chen Kan with a warm hand-warming soup woman.

Changing into clogs and walking into the main hall of Kunning Palace, which was warmed by the earth dragon, Chen Kan suddenly felt that life in the palace seemed to be good.

It's a pity that the palace belongs to Zhu Di, not to him.

He secretly swore in his heart that when he returned home, he would definitely let Yun Cheng dig out the exact same earth dragon according to the palace.

If he can't do it, then - deduct his wages!