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Chapter 335 The Strength of Pingxi Anbu

With Xu Guangqi's intelligence, after obtaining relevant information, he deduced the general situation of the matter with only a little thought.

After the eight families in Shanxi were overthrown by His Majesty, the trade demand between Houjin and the customs still existed. Originally, Huang Taiji wanted to temporarily satisfy Houjin's needs by entering the customs and plundering, but what he didn't expect was that, However, the Holy Majesty's new army crushed his army that had entered the customs. Not only did most of Houjin's main force fall into Daming's hands, but even he himself became a plaything of the Holy Majesty.

However, although most of the main force of Houjin has been lost, there are still a large number of people in the territory, and there are people who need it. In addition to the population they plundered from the customs over the years, there are at least a million people in the territory of Houjin who are in urgent need of supplies. fill.

As the saying goes, capital is chasing profits. If there is a 50.00% profit, capital can take risks.

With [-]% profit, capital can trample on all laws.

If there is a [-]% profit, the capitalists will dare to risk the gallows to fight to the death!
In the case of an urgent shortage of supplies, today's Houjin can give more than three times the profit!
That's five times, ten times!
Under the temptation of high profits, capital is like a shark smelling blood.

Now, the two largest capitalist forces in Ming Dynasty are undoubtedly the Jiangnan gentry located in the prosperous area, and the southeast giants on the southeast coast who have risen through sea trade!

Under the lure of profits, these guys without a country and no king opened the way with money, opened up trade routes from the south of the Yangtze River, from the southeast to the frontier, and corrupted officials along the way one by one to become their own people. The biggest force in Xinjiang, Liaodong is on the line!
And the next step, their purpose is already obvious, take advantage of Houjin, which is short of supplies, and use their channels and supplies to exchange a lot of profits from Houjin, making him a lot of money!

Although Xu Guangqi didn't know these clear words of Marx, he understood the general situation. After he figured everything out, he broke out in cold sweat immediately.

If I had known that just one of the eight major Shanxi merchants supported Houjin, a hostile force that was very dangerous to the Ming Dynasty, if Houjin was supported by Jiangnan gentry and southeast coastal wealthy families who were richer than the eight major Shanxi merchants, don't look at them Now it has been beaten into this appearance, but who knows what kind of behemoth it will swell into in the end!
At that time, will His Majesty be able to suppress him again like plowing the court and sweeping holes?
Xu Guangqi didn't know the answer to this question, and he didn't dare to think about what would happen to Daming at that step.

He only knew that since he found out about this matter before they succeeded, as a cabinet minister of Daming, he would never allow this matter to come true!

Anyone who dares to harm the interests of Daming and the people of the world will die!

Maybe it's because he has been in contact with Zhu Youjian a lot, and Xu Guangqi, who was originally mild-tempered, has also been infected by his character. When encountering these things that harm the country and the people, the killing intent in his heart can't be restrained.

Problems are discovered, and now we need to consider how to solve them and stop them.

The deputy garrison of Xiping Fort is undoubtedly theirs, and the means of winning the army's morale and other methods have been clearly demonstrated.

Logically speaking, what he should do now is to unite with Zheng Fangping, the defense, to suppress this deputy defense who was attracted by the gentry and the rich.

But Xu Guangqi hated Zheng Fangping even more than this deputy defenseman. What he did made Xu Guangqi completely give up the possibility of joining forces with him.

Without the support of local forces, how could he, a cabinet minister far away from the center, intervene in this Fort Pingxi?
Needless to say, Zheng Fangping doesn't necessarily care about his face as a cabinet member. That defense is a puppet supported by Jiangnan gentry and wealthy families. Maybe he will buckle himself as a fake old man just after he reveals his identity. The crime was confirmed, and he was solved on the spot.

How should I intervene?
Xu Guangqi fell into deep thought. Just when he was in a dilemma, he only heard two beeps, and someone knocked on the door suddenly.

Subconsciously, Xu Guangqi asked loudly, "Who is it?"

……

There was silence at the door, and no one answered.

After a while, the door was knocked again, with the same force and sound as last time, even the number of knocks was exactly the same.

Xu Guangqi frowned slightly, and asked again: "Who is outside the door, tell me your name?"

There was still a moment of silence, apparently the people outside the door were not ready to answer.

Just as the vigilance in Xu Guangqi's heart was getting higher and higher, suddenly there was a creak, and the door was opened from the outside!
The little er who came to deliver the food just now opened the door indifferently and walked in. Xu Guangqi was taken aback, and wanted to call out when his face changed, but the errand's words instantly made him stop, with a look on his face. She looked at him in surprise and doubt.

"Old Xu Ge, the Holy Spirit has a decree, when you are in Fort Pingxi, you have [-]% of the right to mobilize us when you need it.

Except for those who guarantee the normal operation of Anbu, the rest will be used by you free of charge. "

Xu Guangqi looked at this mistress with a look of surprise. Now it was obvious that this mistress was not an ordinary inn mistress. From the meaning of his words, it could be deduced that he was most likely the most important person in His Majesty's hands. A member of the mysterious force Anbu.

But has Anbu penetrated to this extent?
Even the second child in any inn can be a member of Anbu, so there are quite a few nails buried by Anbu!

He tentatively asked: "How many people are there in Fort Pingxi?"

The little boy replied blankly: "This department is confidential, no comment!"

Xu Guangqi's face twitched, and he thought for a while and asked again: "Then I can always know who is the highest among them?"

Xiao Er still shook his head expressionlessly and replied: "This department is confidential, no comment!"

Xu Guangqi almost laughed angrily, and immediately said: "You don't tell me how many people there are, and you don't tell me who they are. How do I know how many of your [-]% people are? Those are the ones that Zong can use?"

But the little one said: "In this Fort Pingxi, as long as Anbu wants to do it, there is nothing that cannot be done!"

"Oh, what a breath!"

Xu Guangqi mocked disdainfully.

There was no expression on Xiao Er's face, as if he didn't care about his ridicule.

But Xu Guangqi could see some disdain and ridicule from his calm eyes.

Obviously, this little girl is extremely confident in what she said!
Seeing his attitude, Xu Guangqi was a little angry, and immediately asked with anger: "If I want to be hostile to the entire Xiping Imperial Palace, do you have enough people in Anbu?"

Xiao Er asked calmly, "What do you want to do?"

Xu Guangqi said, "Protect me?"

Xiao Er nodded slowly: "Yes!"

Xu Guangqi was a little surprised. From Xiaoer's eyes, he could see that Xiaoer was very confident. Apparently he didn't think this was a difficult task for Anbu of Xipingbao.

That being the case, Xu Guangqi emboldened his courage and asked: "If I want to confront and even defeat the entire Xiping Fort garrison, can you all cook?"

Xiao Er glanced at him, and only replied a word lightly, but this word almost made Xu Guangqi stand still.

"Can!"

(End of this chapter)