I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned around and showed a frightening smile: "Since I'm here today, Master Chang should have guessed it, right?"

"Please speak directly." Chang Wanda said flatly.

When Sun Yunhe heard this, he stared at him for a while, then suddenly laughed:

"Master Chang is just extraordinary, how about making the person above him value him?"

"I'm here today to show you, you, you, you, you...and all the men, women, old and young in your house, to point out a way to survive."

Just lightly, no matter whether it is Chang Wanda's wife or an ordinary maid in the mansion, all the hairs stand on end.

"Join the Royal Chamber of Commerce and serve His Majesty today, and the whole family will have a life."

"It doesn't matter if you don't join, then I will guarantee 23 people in your house, and your heads will fall tonight." Sun Yunhe whispered in Chang Wanda's ear, and after saying this, he actually smiled at him.

Then he stood up and asked aloud:

"How about it, Master Chang, have you thought about it?"

"Don't you merchants do business that loses money? This business, let me tell you the truth, you've made a lot of money!"

At this time, Chang Wanda couldn't pretend anymore.

I saw that his whole body was shaking like chaff, and beads of sweat began to ooze from his forehead.

Scared, really scared!

Who wouldn't be afraid to meet such a ruthless character who doesn't spare any words or actions?

Sun Yunhe's words were actually a real threat, and Chang Wanda didn't sound like a fake, and judging from his vicious reputation, he could really do it.

Sun Yunhe looked at Chang Wanda coldly. To him, human life was nothing more than a tool offered for flattery.

Unrelated women, children, old and young, he has killed a lot in order to carry out important tasks, and he has never been merciless, otherwise he would not be standing here.

As for Chang Wanda, Sun Yunhe was not afraid at all that he would not agree.

Grandpa is standing here, I can't help him not agreeing!

Chapter 584 The Soldier Divides into Two Routes

"master……"

As soon as Sun Yunhe left, the butler immediately rushed in and helped the crumbling Chang Wanda.

"Master, how are you?"

"The imperial court is going to run Shanxi Merchants!" Chang Wanda shouted loudly, and fell to the ground, "The sky is going to change, Jinzhong is going to change the sky!"

"There is also the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, Hangzhou, Jining, Penglai, Suzhou, Datong, and now Jifu and Shanxi!"

My God, this emperor has such a big plan!

Chang Wanda exclaimed in his heart, as if he suddenly remembered something, he said repeatedly:

"Hurry up, hurry up and send all the account books of tea horse transactions between my Chang family and the captives outside the pass to the Supervision Department in recent years."

The housekeeper didn't know why, Chang Wanda saw that he was still hesitating, and he was not in the mood to explain, so he almost yelled out:

"Go, you go!!"

Seeing that the calm master in the past turned into such a crazy look, the housekeeper realized how serious the matter was, and immediately turned around to deal with it.

Looking at the empty main hall, Chang Wanda murmured: "I hope there is still time, I hope there is still time..."

Immediately, he looked towards the direction of the capital, full of fear.

The next day, the news of Chang's high-profile joining the Hangzhou Imperial Chamber of Commerce spread like wind throughout Zhangjiakou, and all businessmen who heard it were dumbfounded.

This is not over yet, Chang Wanda directly donated 500 million taels of silver to the Supervision Department in the name of helping the government to provide disaster relief.

Behind the incomprehensible eyes of countless people is Chang Wanda who burns incense and worships Buddha day and night, praying day and night is still useful.

……

"This Chang Wanda is quite sensible." Zhu Youxiao looked at Sun Yunhe with a naive look on his face, and said:

"You have meritorious service this time, go to the Zhen Fu Division to receive the reward!"

"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty!" Sun Yunhe looked happy, but he didn't even dare to lift his head, he bowed and retreated backwards.

Chang's trade outside the customs is very important to the imperial court, which is why Zhu Youxiao left the Zhangjiakou branch.

The Zhangjiakou Chang family often trades tea horses with the Chahar Ministry, and with the reputation of the Dade Jade, the two parties have formed a subconscious mutual benefit.

If he wanted to completely subdue the grassland tribes, including Lin Danhan of the Chahar tribe, Zhu Youxiao would have to fight him sooner or later.

The decisive battle is not a child's play, just push it up in one wave, and you must make sufficient preparations before pushing it up.

Chahanhaote was too far away from the pass, so no useful information could be obtained at all. The sentry cavalry could not go that far, and the spies were not Mongols, so they were easy to be discovered.

So Zhu Youxiao has been thinking of other ways to find out what's going on inside Chahar, so that he can be ready to take advantage of the fire or something else at any time.

In fact, merchants are not useless, and those who join the Imperial Chamber of Commerce have their own uses.

Song Bingshi of Denglai was in control of the local salt merchants for the imperial court after the implementation of the new salt law, and Zeng Liangyu of Datong was mainly responsible for the tea horse and ironware trade with the left-wing ministries after surrender.

Moreover, caravans also have a very important role in addition to business, that is, to inquire about news.

Every businessman has its main place of business. Zeng Liangyu of Datong can only inquire about the left wing, and if he goes further away, it will arouse suspicion.

Only then did Zhu Youxiao think of the Zhangjiakou Chang family who often traded with Chahar. The main function of this Chang family was to inquire about Chahar's internal news.

On the grasslands, even the elites of the frontier army may not have as much information as a customs and trade caravan.

At this time, there is no definite and accurate source of information, and everything is a step behind.

If you want to get ahead of everyone, you have to think carefully.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes fell on Wang Chaofu, and said:

"Tell Sun Yunhe, keep an eye on Chang Wanda, and report all the news about Chahar to me from today on."

"How about the two who went to Shanxi?"

……

After running the Chang family, Hu Shiguang and Xu Weijing did take a lot of risks. The most obvious thing is that their good reputation has now become rotten.

Indeed, both of them felt that this matter was disgraceful, and they hadn't left the inn for the past few days.

On weekdays, the Shanxi merchants received a lot of money, but at this time, they suddenly changed and became the imperial envoys directly in charge.

But now that life and death are at stake, I don't care about so much.

The two are now grasshoppers on the same rope, and they must work together as a family to cope with the extremely difficult situation at present.

Before that, they thought of various ways, but they all felt that it was unlikely to succeed.

The Shanxi merchants are deeply entrenched in Jinzhong. Being able to knock down a Yuci Chang family by surprise this time does not mean that it will go smoothly in the future.

During the past few days in Taiyuan, they each went to contact their old disciples, but they encountered obstacles everywhere.

Originally, the first few days were fine, and everyone thought that Xu Weijing must take revenge.

But recently, news came out that the imperial court would strictly punish Jin merchants for driving up food prices, and that they had paid money to Xilu. No one knew what was going on when the two were connected.

Although it was Shanxi merchants who didn't care, what Hu Shiguang and Xu Weijing did was not pleasant.

After all, you also took money, how can you turn your face and deny people?

"How is it? Brother." Xu Weijing sat on the stool, saw Hu Shiguang came back, and quickly got up to ask.

"Oh!" Hu Shiguang sighed, sat down and drank cold water.

Seeing this, Xu Weijing understood, and didn't ask any more questions, but when he sat down, he seemed a little frustrated.

The first step is very beautiful, but the next step is difficult.

Now that the news came out, the people below were all huddled together, and they had nowhere to start.

In the past few days, the two of them contacted relatives and friends everywhere, but without exception, everyone was full of compliments and fake smiles, but they were actually very cold.

With the status of Gefu, Shanxi merchants dare not provoke him, but this kind of subtle isolation is what makes people feel helpless the most.

As a last resort, the two turned their attention to the common people.

Such as servants, and ordinary people who are in contact with various occupations on weekdays, most of them feel the pain of disasters and businessmen hoarding rice, and they only want food, clothing and peace.

After that incident, although the reputation of the two was notorious among Shanxi officials and scholars, but in the hearts of the servants and the common people, they became good elders who made decisions for the people.

What's more, once the apocalypse came, the new policies such as exempting tax and labor, rewarding land reclamation, and heavy military force are really much better than those meager businessmen.

Although the common people are easily deceived, they are very clear about who they should support.

For this reason, Hu Shiguang and Xu Weijing divided into two groups.

Hu Shiguang went to find the helper that day, and focused on contacting helpers in the same situation in Shanxi, especially to win the support of those tenant farmers who worked for others all the year round and could hardly even eat their own food.

Xu Weijing continued to act as the villain who must pay back, dealing with local officials and wealthy businessmen.

With the status of Gefu, there must be many people who will visit to earn a family background, so you can start with these people.

Chapter 585 Taigu Cao's Family

Recently, the news that the imperial court will strictly punish Shanxi merchants has caused an uproar in Shanxi, and merchants in the whole province will be affected.

Of course, the most nervous ones are the "Shanxi Merchants".

Shanxi merchants have always been a group, and can even be said to be a general term for an interest group, rather than literally Shanxi merchants.

The so-called Shanxi merchants, to put it bluntly, are some Shanxi merchants who colluded with local officials openly and secretly, and controlled most of the business from grain, rice, salt and iron, cattle and sheep, also known as merchant gangs.

In the latest Battle of Hetao, the officers and soldiers saw the faces of these profitless businessmen.

In order to make a fortune, this group of Shanxi merchants did not hesitate to smuggle arms outside the customs, provide news to the captives in the West, and even hoarded a large amount of grain and rice to drive up the price of grain.

It was precisely because of the actions of Shanxi merchants in the First World War in Hetao that Zhu Youxiao made up his mind to attack Shanxi merchants.

Shanxi merchants have actually formed a monopoly position in Shanxi. The entire business in Shanxi is controlled by thirteen Shanxi merchants, including the Fan family and the Yuci Chang family.

According to the secret report of the Jiaoshifu, these thirteen wealthy merchants covered almost all profitable businesses in Shanxi Province, from grain and rice, cloth, tea horses, salt and iron, cattle and sheep.

The rest of Shanxi businessmen can only survive in the cracks, and some of them have already taken risks and started to learn the methods of Shanxi merchants to make a fortune.

Zhu Youxiao understands that after the First World War in Hetao, the situation where Shanxi merchants are controlled by Shanxi merchants must be changed, that is to say, it is necessary to use strong means to allow the Royal Chamber of Commerce to enter Jinzhong.

During the First World War in Hetao, Shanxi merchants were able to hoard grain and rice, so that the officers and soldiers could not buy grain, and they would be able to fuel your fire in the next war.

For Zhu Youxiao, the apocalyptic emperor, the interest groups in Shanxi are different from the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan chaebol.

The latter is only the person behind the support of the Donglin Party to control the court, and the formation of the Jinzhong government-business group system has seriously threatened the court's rule in Shanxi.

Historically, the entire province of Shanxi suffered successive severe droughts during the years of Chongzhen, and the imperial court repeatedly failed to provide relief, which became a bottomless pit for swallowing domestic money.

Shanxi merchants used old-fashioned methods to hoard grain and rice privately, and then sold them at high prices, earning a huge difference in prices, and continuing to squeeze farmers.

As for the local officials, due to the lack of means of supervision and suppression, they have too much power in their hands, and they have become bold and exploited the silver and rice for disaster relief layer by layer, so that the money and rice noodles that were finally distributed to the victims were left behind. Not much.

That's why in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Wang Er, a farmer in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, raised his head, and Wang Jiayin, Wang Zuogui, Zhang Cunmeng, etc. heard the news and responded in Shanxi Province.

This catastrophe, which had been brewing for many years, finally started from Shanshan and Shaanxi, and spread to the three provinces of Henan, Huguang, and Shandong.

Whether it is for the purpose of copying silver, alleviating the huge military expenditure brought about by the First World War in Hetao, or taking precautions, it is necessary to destroy this established official business group in Shanxi.

……

"Who—?"

About three miles outside the city of Taiyuan, in the courtyard of a poor residential house, a girl aged [-] or [-] was walking towards the wooden door with a long voice.

Opening the door, there was a middle-aged man standing in front of him, who seemed to be in his forties at least.

The girl blinked, said nothing, and then closed the door quickly.

"Wait a minute!"

The man outside the door shouted hastily, and stretched out a foot to block the door. He didn't want to, but the girl was startled like a frightened bird. She loosened the wooden door and ran to the inner room.

"father!"

"mother!"

"The debt collectors are coming again!"