Evil disciple, let go of the back of your teacher's neck!

The rain stopped at Haishi, the palace gate was long past the time for key release, and the lights in the Qinzheng Hall were still on. Hu Jingzhai, who had been waiting outside the hall for the announcement, stood with his hands down, and he quickly covered up any trace of tiredness.

"What Hu Aiqing means is that King Yan's actions violated the law, and he must be severely punished?" Emperor Longkang asked, wearing a stone blue Taoist robe, and sipped his tea.

Hu Jingzhai was an old minister during the Qingyuan period. He knew Feng Lin's life experience and Emperor Longkang's favoritism very well, but he still insisted: "When King Yan asked to open the Kuichuan Ferry that day, the old minister thought it was inappropriate. Pian Jia Not entering the sea is a rule set by the late emperor, and it is strictly forbidden to communicate with overseas countries for the purpose of resisting bandits. Now the king of Yan has not only torn up the gap of the sea ban, but also secretly gave and received with those Fujian merchants. Isn’t it possible to encourage private business travel? Violating the sea ban?"

"Aiqing is worrying too much," Emperor Longkang put down the lamp, his voice was gentle, "the Jiangnan business war is at the juncture, and the seven major merchants are secretly making troubles. Where there is a moment, it is also excusable."

"No," Hu Jingzhai straightened her robes, and knelt down straight, "When Emperor Taizu was here, the foreign kingdoms sent barbarians to the court, and most of the people who traded land and goods were approved by the court. Tribute trade It started from here. Later, the late Emperor strictly enforced the traffic regulations, and trade became the weight of Dayan’s prestige in the world. King Yan’s connivance of private business is really an act of abandoning the basics and chasing the end. Please forgive me and other veterans for not being lenient.”

Emperor Longkang said with a smile: "It's so serious. The business affairs in the south of the Yangtze River have been leveled. My relatives called Ah Lin into the palace and warned him well."

Hu Jingzhai paused, and said: "Your Majesty has learned from you. With King Yan's character, it is not enough to just warn you."

His fingertips tapped on the body of the cup, and there was a crisp sound. Emperor Longkang gradually said coldly: "What do you think Hu Shoufu should do?"

After a moment of silence, Hu Jingzhai raised his head and said bluntly: "Yan Wang was young and taught without fear. He can be a good general who leads troops and fights, but he is definitely not a wise king who governs the country. The late emperor left his will before, and I invite you Your Majesty puts the country as the most important thing, so don't delay the candidate for the crown prince because of selfishness."

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Longkang slapped the case heavily, and suddenly coughed anxiously. He pointed at Hu Jingzhai, panting, and said, "Are you accusing me of destroying the country because of public affairs and selfishness?"

"I dare not," Hu Jingzhai said categorically, "it's just that I'm a minister appointed by the late emperor to assist the government. It's my duty to never allow Guozuo to flow into the hands of foreigners."

Emperor Longkang said: "Ah Lin is my younger brother!"

"His mother is also a daughter of the Qiang nationality." Hu Jingzhai answered slowly with her face up. His eyes were deep, and there seemed to be something else in them, which reminded Emperor Longkang of those days when he was trapped in shackles.

Emperor Longkang relied on his relatives to secure the throne, but he struggled for only one thing in the past few years, which was to get rid of the shadow of his backer.At last he succeeded, but the success itself brought him into another dilemma.Hu Jingzhai's eyes always reminded Emperor Longkang that he knew everything about the past events during the Qingyuan period. As long as he was around and those old ministers were around, the shackles around his neck would not disappear, maybe it would not disappear for a lifetime.

Emperor Longkang felt like sitting on pins and needles, and hated him deeply.

"I understand what Hu Shoufu said. Since the matter of Jiangning has been handled by King Yan, there is no need for Shoufu to worry about it."

"His Majesty--"

"I said before," Emperor Longkang stood up and said, "Ah Lin is my own younger brother. In the future, I hope that the chief assistant will be cautious in his words and deeds in matters related to him."

It took only half a day for Jin Yiwei to clear the goods in disguise, and the merchants in the city quickly came to their senses.

According to the rules of the Jiangnan Commercial Market, even if the merchants refuse to give up profits to cash traders, it is definitely against the rules to raise prices on the spot.This is an ancient custom that has been passed down for hundreds of years, but the seven major merchants took the risk of their stores being smashed and urgently removed the grain and goods from the shelves, and closed their doors to thank customers.

"Thought and puff city war, Li Kui's means of enlisting the wealth of all countries in the past has reappeared today." The halo of a hanging lamp on the beam casts directly on the south side of Yidun, reflecting his slightly livid complexion With a glowing blade, faint uneasiness and Huanghuang's anger turned into two sharp edges, "There are tall people in the wild city outside the city."

"Are you scared?" Gao Wujiu jokingly said, "The seven major trading companies have stood in the south of the Yangtze River for a hundred years, and they have studied their scheming. How can they lose to a court dandy who doesn't understand economics at all?"

"Of course not!" Yi Dunnan bit his tendons, but then hesitated, "But as Yan Mo said, Feng Lin has already won the support of Minzhou maritime merchants, and he has the courage to plunder our empty market." , the financial power behind it should not be underestimated."

"so what?"

Gao Wujiu said decisively: "Jizhen, you are the most transparent about business affairs, we have already lost our money, and stopping at this time will only hurt the vitality of Jiangnan Trading Co. Five years! With Feng Lin's style of retribution, how many times has he freed up to deal with you and me?"

Yi Dunnan blinked violently, a chill ran up his spine.

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, a long line of carriages with their hooves bound, quietly drove out from the corner gate of the shop.As soon as I arrived at Beishikou, I was surprised to find that all the sheds had hung banners saying "The price of the top grade is twice as high as that of the par price".

When the news came back to Gao Zhai, Yi Dunnan counted silently for a while, "A one-time price increase of twenty times is already the limit of the law of Yan Kingdom."

Hearing this, Gao Wujiu flipped his abacus and ignored it indifferently: "At this point, Feng Lin probably also knows that winning or losing this battle has nothing to do with the livelihood of the refugees, and it's just a life and death between him and the seven great merchants. He bet that we don't Dare to accept the move, but the old man will not teach him to do what he wants. Pass the order down, buy out Beishi, and raise the price later!"

Yi Dunnan buried his head in thought: "If Feng Lin still has the strength to turn back the market, we will really be in a desperate situation."

But Gao Wujiu said: "It's absolutely impossible." With the abacus on his knees, he took out the residence newspaper that Yan Mo had just sent from under his wide sleeves, "Now all the banks of Fujian merchants in Yingtian Mansion have been secretly sealed up. The news hasn't been leaked yet, and Feng Lin still doesn't know that the cash that Jin Yiwei used to clear the goods is already his last trump card."

With the abacus on the fingertips being shifted to the first gear, the hesitant carriage under the city finally clattered away, rolled over the puddles on the ground, and rumbled into the mist of the morning.

The fierce battle continued until the evening.Forced to the desperate situation, Yi Dunnan was still struggling, so he had no choice but to make a big decision and gamble. In the afternoon, he sent ten more carriages and twenty deacons to carry the horses, and finally transported all the grain and goods in Beishi into the city continuously. City shopping mall.

That night when they were celebrating their achievements, Yi Dunnan was drunk for the first time in front of Gao Wujiu.

"After this one bite, all the grain and goods in Jiangning are stored on me. The refugees can only count on the seven major merchants to survive the winter after the disaster."

Bloodshot eyes filled his eyes, and his visceral skin was torn off. Yi Dunnan rarely showed the shrewdness of Jiangnan Shangkui after the great victory. Ten or twenty times the par price, if I don't stop it, the government will not be able to live a good life in the past two years!"

"Rabbits bite when they are in a hurry." Gao Wujiu covered the rim of the cup with his lips, looked from under his eyelids, thinking silently.

"Jiangnan Trading Co., Ltd. owes its prosperity to the Gao family for many years. Come, I respect you!"

Yi Dunnan was a little carried away, and shouted at Elder Ge with his tongue out, and suddenly cried: "I want to ask you for a reward while I am happy. I have no other thoughts in my life, only the daughter left by my wife is my heart and soul." She has been married to your son for seven years, and she is a widow every day. She is only 22 years old, and she should not suffer this kind of crime. For the sake of taking care of King Yan for you, please, please, let my daughter have a way out. Is it good, ah, is it good?"

It is widely rumored that Gao's eldest son is not humane, married for many years and has nothing to do, almost extinct Gao's family's descendants.Gao Wujiu has always been taboo about these rumors, he only infers to the public that the daughter of Yi Dun's family is weak, and tonight the drunk Yi Dunnan grabbed her painful feet and stomped on her, causing her heart to feel discordant.

Even so, he still maintains a peaceful face.

"Jizhen thinks so, the old man is really surprised." Gao Wujiu's eyes were calm, "Daughter-in-law is a virtuous woman, I treat her like half my daughter, it's not impossible to reconcile, but the Seven Great Merchants are currently on the cusp of turmoil. , when the limelight passes, the old man will ask you to welcome back your daughter in a dignified manner."

Yi Dunnan was so drunk at his desk that he didn't seem to understand the threat in his words.Gao Wujiu laughed contemptuously, drank the wine, and said to himself: "Is there a way out, the end of Huangquan is connected to the underworld, where is it not a way out?"

When the candlelight is faint, stamens are darkly knotted, layer upon layer like a heavy heart.

"How much goods did the shop swallow today?" Cang Lang asked suddenly, holding the tea cover back, tapping his fingers once and for all.

Guan Shicheng cleared his scorched throat, and answered in one breath: "There are about 200 million dendrobiums of grain and 60 pieces of agricultural tools of various colors; if the parity price is doubled, it will roughly cost 200 million silver."

"What about the shortfall?"

Feng Lin, who was thinking by the window, turned around when she heard the words.

"Shortage..." Guan Shicheng gritted his teeth in frustration, looked away, and lowered his head, "The minimum is 70 taels of silver."

One million taels of silver!

The Seven Great Merchants have apparently also started to do everything they can, if the money is enough, now is a good time to catch them all.But at this time, Min Shang's banks in Jiangning City closed their doors without exception, but there was no news beforehand, and Feng Lin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Fuck!"

After a long time of silence, the tense Guan Shicheng forgot the etiquette and smashed his fist into the palm of his hand: "Just ignore him, the autumn sowing of the left and right is almost over, and the winter rations are not enough. The merchants are going to charge crazy prices , the people just don’t want to buy his food, what can he do?”

"No," Canglang said with tea foam floating through the slight heat, without raising his eyes, "whether grain or farm tools are used by the people, even if the problem of the refugees is solved, Jiang Ning How do other people live? If there is no food and goods in the official market, they can only be slaughtered by the merchants, and the situation is imminent."

After dismissing Guan Shicheng, the tea was half-cooled.Cang Lang bowed his head to drink, but a hand from the side grabbed the teacup.

"The livelihood is worrying, is tea not called drinking anymore?".

Feng Lin said in a muffled voice: "The tea is cold, sir, don't drink too much."

Cang Lang smiled without comment, and let him change a new one for himself, and when he took it, he suddenly put his arm around Feng Lin's wrist, his eyes were like a torch: "If you lose this battle, can you blame me?"

The pulse was as calm as water, like a slowly flowing voice: "As Mr. pointed out, Ah Lin died without hesitation. It's just..."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Cang Lang felt his pulse speed up at that moment, which made his breathing quicken: "But what?"

Feng Lin leaned forward in this position, and lay neck to ear with Cang Lang, wishing to pour all the enthusiasm of the seven meridians and eight veins into the person in front of him along the whisper.

"If I die, my husband will pick up my bones. If I am exiled, I will blow my soul. When Mr. thinks of me for the rest of his life, remember to engrave Ah Lin's appearance into his heart."

Cang Lang grabbed Feng Lin's wrist, sweating from the flesh-to-skin contact.He held his breath and concentrated, and it took him a long time to recover from the shock brought by the whisper, and he scolded softly.

"What nonsense, with me here, your future is still far away."

After drinking at four o'clock, Hei Tian was awakened by the rapid knocking on the door: "It's not good! The people of Yan besieged the market, and Jin Yiwei blocked the entrance of the square, and strictly ordered the shops to open to sell food!"

The current situation is very clear: yesterday the price in Beishi had reached its peak, and if the merchant dared to increase the price, Jin Yiwei would immediately take down the owner for the crime of disrupting the market.

Yi Dunnan didn't expect Feng Lin to recover so quickly, the initial idea of ​​"one price rise every day" was a joke, and taking into account the losses from the previous low-price grabbing the market, Yi Dun almost lost his life's foundation.He sat with disheveled hair and wrapped his quilt, and after a long time of stunned, he vomited out a mouthful of fishy sweetness.

how can that be!

Cutting off the line of Fujian merchants, where did Feng Lin come from to make a comeback?Yi Dunnan gritted his teeth and thought, could it be that Yan Mo lied to him?

"This is really a mistake, Mr. Yan." Feng Lin folded Jinyiwei's secret report into several stacks and fed it to the desk with silver wax. How much profit is there?"

Yang Dazhi replied: "Back to the prince, three points."

Feng Lin hissed angrily, and said: "These profiteers should be dealt with together, and he is used to him."

Cang Lang, who was trapped in the wicker chair enjoying the cool air, suddenly raised his hand and pulled up the book covering his face, seeming to smile.

Yang Dazhi was thoughtful, and said: "Young Master Liao has become a lot of stingy since he got married, I don't know if it's because of being cautious with his hands after retiring from the world."

"Heh," Feng Lin gathered up the dust on the desk, twirled it between his fingers and blew it away, and said, "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the gang of whales has been traveling all over the world for many years, what's the difference? Why don't you speculate on him?" Whether the money is prudent or not, it is better to send someone to check whether Young Master Liao's ears are still safe."

"Ear?" Yang Dazhi was puzzled.

Feng Lin rubbed the non-existent ashes on his fingertips, turned his eyes to the back of Mr.'s neck, and his smile gradually diluted the sharpness between his eyebrows and eyes.

Not to mention, when it comes to raking ears, he really has a bit of sympathy with the young master of the whale riding gang who was in the limelight in the past.

The Yi Dun clan suffered a disastrous defeat in the Jiangning business war, and became a bereaved dog. Except for debts, nothing was left behind.

In the old days when Gao Wujiu returned home, Yi Dunnan treated him as a guest of honour, offered him gold cups and jade cups, delicious food and drink.But now he was dragged into the water, and he lost everything after listening to Gao Wujiu's words, but the other party immediately turned his back on him and abandoned him like a shoestring.

There is nothing to say if you are willing to bet and admit defeat.After a night of gray hair, Yi Dunnan has been able to calmly accept the fate of being a waste.The only thing he can't stand is that Gao's family is still holding on to that piece of paper and Li Shu, just like they have tightly clamped on his weakness all these years, taking whatever they want.

When he was kicked out of the Gaofu old mansion again, Yi Dunnan didn't even step over the threshold of the front hall, and the smile remained unchanged on his face.

He wanted to ask Xiyan to ask his father-in-law again, so that he could see his daughter.But Gao Wujiu didn't want to talk about it at all. In the eyes of the Gao family, the defeated Yidun clan was no different from the ditch mud outside the wall.

Gao Wujiu doesn't care about this daughter-in-law, but he cares about the handles in Yi Dunnan's hands.

After leaving the high mansion, Yi Dunnan walked under the eaves of the street in a daze. The lights cast by the Zou Ma Lou seemed like his glory from a previous life, visible but intangible, making the lock of hair scattered in the wind even more dejected .

In the shadows around the corner, someone was waiting for him.

"master……"

Yi Dunnan raised his head in a daze, and accidentally saw his daughter's maidservant. His blood-hot eyes and unbearable tears made his chest tremble.

"Why are you here?" Yi Dunnan asked hoarsely.

The maid held a mirror case and wept silently. Yi Dunnan recognized it. It was a small gadget that he secretly stuffed into her hands through the curtain on the day her daughter sat in the wedding sedan chair. The edge of the buckle was stained a little bright red.

Like blood, so red it blinds you.

Yi Dunnan's eyelids trembled up and down, he stretched out his hand, hung in the air for a moment, fell down, and then burst into a miserable howl that didn't sound like a human voice.

At the age of eight, he was able to draw long eyebrows by stealing a mirror.

Going for a walk at the age of ten, Furong made a skirt.

……

Fifteen weeping spring breeze, swing on the back.

Inside the box is a fresh and exquisite daughter's heart that has been soaked in long loneliness for many years.

"Ling Qianjin is smart. Although she lives in a secluded house all year round, she is as clear as a mirror about the changes outside the high wall. She knows very well that even if the Yidun family wins the business war, it will be a dead end if they offend the court. From the very beginning, she planned to throw out her father, that is, you, as a shield to regain her strength, and the reason why the dignified Shangkui fell to this point is all because Gao Wujiu turned her into a lock tied between your necks."

Feng Lin stepped out following the sound, and behind him was really a good moon, shining on the handful of loyalty in the box, his eyes were cold. "Yi Dunnan, your daughter is telling you in this way that she was born a human being, and she doesn't want to be the shackles of her father. Now that your worries are gone, what should I do? Do you need me to say more?"

Yi Dunnan held the mirror case and knelt weakly, he had nothing to do with this world anymore, and the resentment he had accumulated over the years finally did not need to be suppressed.

His daughter didn't die well, and he couldn't live well with those people.

The author says:

I am a liberal arts student who is as good at math as I am, and my hair falls out worse than my dog's hair. I always feel dissatisfied when I read it back.I am like this, let alone readers, if you really can’t read it, just skip these chapters, bow down and apologize

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