Father can be an enemy to the country

All the wealthy Jiangnan people who were not qualified to participate in the reception banquet were also eagerly waiting for the news they brought back.

So after a long meal, the big businessmen from Jiangnan who were picked up at the pier today gathered in the garden rented by Xie Yunzhang. The largest hall was packed to the brim.

As soon as everyone arrived, the two big guys also showed up. Everyone immediately started asking questions: "Mr. Pingjiang, how was the conversation?"

"Mr. Li Ting, Your Highness is not giving you any trouble, is he?"

Both of them looked a little embarrassed, but they couldn't tell the truth to avoid being looked down upon by everyone. A person has a face, and a tree has a bark...

"It's very unpleasant. His Highness the King of Chu wants to be domineering. Those who obey will prosper and those who rebel will perish." Xie Yunzhang said with a cold face.

"Ah..." The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn. After a moment of shock, everyone firmly believed in Mr. Li Ting's words.

"It's not surprising. Look at the overwhelming formation this morning. Isn't it just to scare us?"

"You think we are scared?" In this kind of environment, it is especially easy for people to speak harshly. "Even his father didn't scare us, but he, a young boy, wants to bluff us?!"

"A barking dog doesn't bite. The louder the thunder, the smaller the raindrops in the end..." Although everyone said this, they inevitably felt guilty. No one can say what His Highness, a teenager, can do with a large army at his disposal.

"Mr. Pingjiang, will your Highness act recklessly?" They all turned their attention to Lu Zhonghe.

"Don't worry, the adults in the court will not let him mess around." Lu Zhonghe said with determination: "Of course, His Highness the Prince's face can be withheld, but the Emperor's face cannot be ignored. So when we come up, we still have to It’s up to you to reveal your plans first... Whatever His Highness the King of Chu wants to do, let him do it. We are only responsible for making sure that he fails to do it."

"It won't be long before the emperor sees his sixth son failing several times, and the emperor will naturally treat him as a waste." Xie Yunzhang sneered and answered:

"The Emperor has so many sons. By then, he will definitely not look at him again. He should turn around and beg us to give him a decent step down."

"Hahaha, yes, yes!" After hearing this, a group of Jiangnan wealthy people suddenly felt that the huge young man was not so scary. As a result, the fear left in their hearts by the previous episode was gone, and everyone regained their usual confidence.

"No matter how powerful he is, he will be beyond his reach at sea. How can we deal with him if we don't want to do it?!"

"Well, okay." Lu Zhonghe looked at Xie Yunzhang with satisfaction, and the latter loudly suggested: "Everyone, you don't have to wait until the future. Tomorrow, at the Laoshizi Laba Banquet, I can give a little something to His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Jiangnan is shocked.”

"What to do?" everyone asked.

"When he mentioned maritime trade, we didn't know anything about it. When asked who was a maritime trader, we all denied it." Xie Yunzhang laughed and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu's expression will definitely be very exciting."

"Ah haha, good!" Everyone praised one after another: "That's good. We don't say anything or admit anything, so that he has nothing to use and nothing to say, and he treats us to a meal in vain. Laba Banquet.”

"Hahaha, interesting and interesting!" A group of Jiangnan wealthy people became more and more excited as they thought about it. Some people even pretended to say: "Isn't it too much to bully a child like this?"

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed again.

After they had finished laughing, Lu Zhong and Fang said calmly: "Don't talk nonsense. Who dares to bully His Highness the Prince? We are all telling the truth - who of you here has been to the sea? Who has a fleet at sea?"

"No, none." Everyone naturally shook their heads.

"Then it's over." Lu Zhonghe said resolutely: "We are not maritime merchants!"

~~

A group of Jiangnan big businessmen here had just finished their meeting, and before they had a cup of tea, the minutes of their meeting were placed in front of His Highness the King of Chu.

"Tsk, tsk, didn't I just meet them alone? How could there be such a big resentment?" Zhu Zhen shook his head while looking through this record from a certain big businessman who had secretly surrendered.

"Your Highness is right." Shen Liuniang said with a wry smile: "Lu Zhonghe and Xie Yunzhang are both stomping and trembling figures in Jiangnan. How have they ever received this kind of neglect?"

"When I deal with outsiders, I never look at their identities." Zhu Zhen said indifferently.

"Your Highness is really..." Shen Liu Niang was about to praise him for treating everyone equally.

But I heard the third child on the side saying quietly: "What he means is that no one else has a higher status than him anyway. All the gentry and dignitaries are just ordinary people."

"The third brother is really a confidant." Zhu Zhen winked at the third brother, and the two brothers high-fived each other.

"Uh..." Shen Liuniang was immediately speechless. After a while, he reminded Zhu Zhen again:

"Your Highness, don't think that they are telling lies when they say they will make you accomplish nothing. They can really do it. After visiting these few months, the more contact you have, the more you can feel that their power is too strong and they have no control over maritime trade. Their control is too tight - if they interfere with it, His Highness's Shipping Department will probably accomplish nothing."

"Of course I believe them." Zhu Zhen smiled nonchalantly: "At first, I was also worried about how to break this game. I always felt that no matter what method I used, I might be targeted. Until I I met your father..."

"My father..." Shen Liuniang's beautiful big eyes visibly dimmed.

"Yeah. I think there are specialties in the art industry. As for maritime trade, I have never been exposed to it, but your father has." Zhu Zhen smiled and said: "I happened to pass by Fengyang, so I took your father and Gu Yuanchen After some exchanges, I was enlightened and appointed them as the maritime trade committee members of the Municipal Shipping Department."

As he said that, he pointed outside and said, "They are coming too. Do you want to meet them?"

"I..." Shen Liuniang moved her lips a few times, and finally shook her head with difficulty and said: "It's better to disappear."

"It's up to you." Zhu Zhen naturally respected her opinion and went on to get down to business: "They told me that the key to maritime trade is monopoly. All maritime merchants will either join me or be eliminated. There is no third way. Optional."

"Is it so cruel?" Shen Liu Niang couldn't believe that these words came from her father, who had always been kind. It seems that he really hates the fellow villagers in Jiangnan and wants to root them out...

"It won't work if we don't do it cruelly. The maritime merchants are used to being lawless." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "We want to establish the king's law, but they will definitely not buy it. So we can only ask them to die."

"It's a good idea. Without those who don't buy it, the only ones left will be those who do." This was too much for Lao San. He couldn't help but clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Lao Liu, you are becoming more and more like your brother."

Zhu Zhen showed his middle finger to his third brother and said to Liu Niang: "But our status lies here. We can't punish them without teaching, and we can't deal with them for no reason. So we have to toast them first, and then treat them to punishment." liquor."

"Duan Zheng Burke." Lao San said with a sharp smile.

"Yes." Shen Liu Niang understood now that His Highness had no intention of getting into trouble with those big Jiangnan families. He was just waiting for the right time. When the time comes, they will be served in one pot.