Listening to politics behind a curtain?Kill the Queen Mother at the beginning!

Chapter 90 Anyone who refuses to accept will be killed!
"Now there is a greeting card."

"There is still a nomination certificate."

Luo Porridge approached with a horsewhip in his hand,
Looking at the sluggish Shen Congwen, he said calmly.

"Nominations?"

Shen Congwen said in a daze when he recalled what Luo Porridge had just said.

"Don't you want to work for me?"

Luo Porridge looked at Shen Congwen, who was immature and even a little bookish.

"miss you!"

Shen Congwen gritted his teeth recalling his elder brother's confession just now.

"Alright then, let's go."

After Luo Porridge finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to bring a horse to him, and then led a group of guards in brocade clothes to the direction of the capital.

outside the capital,
in the manor,
The remaining three major merchant gangs have gathered together, namely Shanxi Merchants, Huizhou Merchants, and Yongshang Merchants. Right now, more than [-] people are tied up in the open space by ropes, surrounded by hundreds of Jinyiwei elite cavalry standing with knives.

Taking a closer look, the three principals headed by the front row are all over the age of fate, and have seen many storms and waves. Even after being tied up, their faces are still calm, and they don't show much fear to the guards standing beside them with knives. .

"Old Fan, what do you mean by this thief? Why did you tie us up and ignore him?"

An Hui merchant head,
Looking at the oldest among them, the old man spoke.

"Hmph, it's nothing more than trying to gather everyone together and force us to hand over all our food and grass."

"Could it be possible that he can kill us all?"

The old man snorted in disdain.

"You have to know that the Northern Expedition has just started, and we need to use our channels to raise follow-up food and supplies. In addition, now that Xie's family has been slaughtered, his court can't get a grain of food from the aristocratic family before he calms down. If It is even more difficult to continue when it runs counter to us.”

"Could it be possible to increase taxes on the common people?"

"Aroused public resentment?"

The old man said quietly.

"That's exactly what Elder Fan said."

"Kill us all,"

"In the future, he will be able to search for food all over the world?"

"After the Northern Expedition, the dispatch of civilians from all over the country has already attracted wailing from all the states and counties along the way. If it is to increase the land tax, I am afraid that his position as the emperor will not be secure."

After listening to the old man surnamed Fan,
The rest of the principals have also stabilized a lot.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

There was a dull sound of horseshoes outside the manor,

Although the principals had settled down after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't help feeling a little uneasy looking at Luo Porridge who was riding his horse, and even narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw that the knife beside him was still bleeding from the knife.

When they got closer, when they found Shen Congwen who was walking with him, their heart skipped a beat, and they had a bad premonition inexplicably.

"It happened!"

"How could he be with that thief?"

The head of the Shanxi Merchants said in a low voice.

"Could it be that he has surrendered to the thief?"

The head of the Huizhou merchant frowned.

"That's not right. His elder brother Shen Congshang is the leader of the Chao Gang. Why didn't he come together? What's going on here?"

The oldest manager of Yongshang, Fan surnamed, looked at the familiar young face beside Luo Porridge and frowned.

"Boom..."

Luo Porridge didn't have any extra nonsense, and directly threw the head of Shen Cong's brother, the head of Chaoshang, on the ground.

"Sir, are you here?"

Looking at the head on the ground, the old man surnamed Fan became more and more uneasy, and even his tone softened a lot.

"Clang..."

Luo Porridge casually threw a Yanling knife on the ground.

"Pick it up and kill them first!"

Luo Congee didn't look at the principals, but cast his eyes on Shen Congwen and said without a doubt.

"Lord Luo, I..."

Shen Congshang got off his horse and picked up the knife on the ground, his eyes drifted away from the principals and the many merchant guards below, although according to his brother's intention, he was ready to get rid of the other ones.

But I also thought about handing over the account book behind my back and borrowing the hands of officials to do it. Now that I do it myself, I am afraid that I will cut myself off from the merchants and be tolerated by merchants all over the world.

"Lord Luo, don't do that."

"Master Luo, we are willing to offer food and grass."

Seeing this, the remaining principals also panicked, ignoring the previous discussions, knowing that there would be no good results if they dragged on, they retreated cruelly and begged for mercy.

"Aren't you going to do it yet?"

Luo Porridge ignored the voices beside him, but stared straight at Shen Congshang who held a knife and showed hesitation.

"Shen family boy, don't be confused!"

"You have read the book for so many years, don't you know the truth in the book, killing me and waiting for you will really have a good result?"

The old man surnamed Fan saw that Luo Congee was unwilling to talk to him, so he simply asked Shen Congwen sternly.

"I……"

Shen Congwen held the knife, and only then did he realize that the so-called vote of honor was not so easy to establish, but he looked at his brother's head on the ground, and his heart was still firm.

"It's too boring..."

Looking at Shen Congwen who was slowly moving forward with the knife in hand, Luo Porridge shook his head and said, then he pulled out the Xiuchun knife from his waist and clamped it into the horse's belly. The horse was in pain and galloped out. The head of the most respected and respected manager of the Yongzhou merchants was taken down.

"My lord, forgive me..."

"Pfft..."

As soon as the remaining two principals begged for mercy, Luo Congee easily got off his horse and swept out the Xiuchun knife in his hand, and the two of them fell to the ground clutching their throats.

"Lord Luo, I..."

Shen Congwen looked at the Yanling Saber in his hand and the three fallen people opposite him and said in a daze.

"Qinglong listens!"

"Drive all the remaining shopkeepers of the major merchant gangs to the wooden house, give each a knife, and then lock the door..."

Luo Porridge didn't hear Shen Congwen's words, pointed to the remaining three shopkeepers in the field, and said that these people were all people who followed Li Mingxiang to his house to discuss business a few days ago. Each family also has a high status.

"Remember only one person can come out alive!"

Luo Conge puts the knife back into the sheath,
"Lord Luo, you..."

Shen Congwen was puzzled.

"You have to go too!"

Luo Congee said without a doubt.

"In the end, I don't care if it's you or someone else who will solve this trouble for me."

Luo Porridge leaned closer and whispered in Shen Congwen's ear.

"Bring them all in!"

After all,

Luo Porridge ignored Shen Congwen who was still in a daze and waved to Ti Qi beside him, and several people separated out to escort Shen Congwen to the warehouse.

"My lord, are you not afraid of his death?"

"He was able to take the initiative to surrender to you. I think he had some preparations, and his status as the second son of the Shen family is not comparable to other shopkeepers."

Bai Xiaosheng looked at Shen Congwen's back and said.

"If you die, you will die..."

"In this world, people are not ruthless and can't stand firm. You must know that the other big business gangs are not good at it."

"If you can't pass the current test and are not cruel enough, how will you get rid of them in the future?"

Luo porridge doesn't matter.

"Besides, he's going to die eventually."

Luo Porridge looked at the closed warehouse door and said quietly, when he was the first to contact the four major business gangs, a figure in the character book appeared in his mind.

After the four major business gangs are completely wiped out, they still need someone to help them completely control their business and money. After all, rebellion requires countless money to support it. Naturally, the money bag cannot be placed in the hands of other people. It is still a person. Only those who are absolutely loyal in the book can rest assured.

"Yes, after all, they are all people who have offended adults."

"How could it be possible to survive?"

After hearing this, Bai Xiaosheng nodded thoughtfully, looking at the young man in front of him in a daze, he was always a person who would take revenge, how could he be allowed to live well and control someone who was already on the opposite side of him? So many resources.

In a wooden house not far away,

Ever since the four of them were imprisoned, there have been constant crackling sounds, mixed with cries of pain and ear-piercing scolding.

It's just that one side is a shopkeeper who is doing business and the other is a scholar who is studying. Naturally, it is impossible to take away the other party's life as easily as Jin Yiwei Tiqi. Nei can't hurt the other party's life.

Luo Porridge just waited quietly outside the wooden house.

I do not know how long it has been,

The wooden house was completely quiet, and Jin Yiwei Tiqi, who was guarding the door, opened the wooden door according to Luo Porridge's previous instructions.

"Tick, tick..."

When Shen Congwen came out of the back room, he already had a few bloody heads in his hands. Looking closely, it was the heads of the other shopkeepers of the big merchant gangs, which were dripping with blood. The original robes on his body At this moment, it was already stained red with blood.

"After all, the tide merchants who started their business by plundering are still more ruthless than the others."

Looking at Shen Congwen's figure, Luo Congee smiled and said.

"Lord Luo!"

"This is the villain's vote!"

After Shen Congwen saw Luo Porridge waiting not far away, he moved closer, knelt down on the ground with both legs, held up the bunch of heads and shouted loudly.

"Will you vote for a certificate?"

Luo Porridge looked at Shen Congwen who was kneeling on the ground and murmured, after the murder, even the bookish spirit on his body was much thinner, and his brows were full of determination.

"It's not enough to think about it..."

Luo Porridge looked away from those heads and said softly.

"Qinglong, you can drive the rest of the people to the empty warehouse next door."

Luo Porridge ignored Shen Congwen who was still kneeling, but pointed to the remaining 1000 people in the venue and said in a deep voice.

"promise!"

Qinglong took the lead and said.

"Quick!"

"Go faster!"

After receiving the order, hundreds of Tiqi who were guarding the field rushed the bound people to the warehouse. The originally huge warehouse was also a little crowded after being stuffed with thousands of people.

Fortunately, Luo Porridge murdered first, and there were still a few bloody heads in front of him. Although those who were tied up were a little puzzled, they still didn't dare to resist. The whole process was smooth.

"Wang Tongzhi, go find some fire oil."

After the door of the storeroom is tightly closed,

Luo Congee looked at Wang Ruling again and said.

"promise!"

Hearing the sound, the latter didn't procrastinate at all, and took the order to leave. Not long after, he brought a cart full of pots and pans, which were full of kerosene.

All these fire oils were found in the manor. Obviously, other business gangs, like the Chao Gang, had prepared for the worst before.

"Pour that all over."

Luo Porridge looked at the warehouse and said in a deep voice.

"Sir, what do you mean?"

Shen Congwen, who was kneeling on the ground, was puzzled.

"This is your real nomination certificate..."

Luo Porridge took out a fire pocket and lit a torch while talking, the flickering flames danced in the young man's eyes, and the originally handsome face now looked like a ferocious and ferocious god, and there was an indescribable indescribable in his light words the chill.

"We are all bewitched by others, please forgive me, my lord!"

"Lord Luo, please spare us..."

The people locked in the warehouse obviously also heard the sound of the pots and pans breaking outside, and smelled the pungent smell of kerosene wafting in the air, and began to panic, begging for mercy for a while.

But no one paid attention to it all the time. After Wang Ruling smashed the last jar of kerosene on the door, the air in the whole warehouse was also full of that palpitating smell.

"Boom bang bang..."

"You damn thing will be punished by God!"

When they were tied hands and feet, they banged on the door with their shoulders, and the original begging for mercy turned into hysterical cursing.

"Damn it?"

"maybe."

Luo Congee whispered to himself, he didn't have the slightest sympathy for these merchants, and anyone would put away their cheap sympathy when the price of food rose tenfold.

In the eyes of these merchants, it has nothing to do with them whether it is the frontline war or whether the people live or die. Even in the end, they would rather burn the food and grass than benefit others.

I really can't imagine any difference between them and the group of people in the west in my previous life.

It may seem too cruel to outsiders, but when you are in this era, you will know the hatefulness of these merchants.

"Go."

Luo Porridge handed the lit torch to Shen Congwen.

"Ok!"

Shen Congwen took the torch after wiping the blood on his face, and walked resolutely towards the warehouse.

"boom……"

At the moment when the torch touches the fierce fire oil,
Only a "boom" was heard, and the flames shot up into the sky.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

When the fire rises,
All the cursing was drowned out by cries of pain,

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Immediately afterwards, thick smoke billowed up, and the cries of pain gradually subsided, and bursts of violent coughing sounds that seemed to cough up the lungs came from the warehouse.

Over time,
Gradually all sounds faded away,

For those who gasped in the warehouse were dead.

"Lord Luo, the grass people live up to their trust!"

Shen Congwen turned to face Luo Porridge and knelt down again. He didn't feel the slightest fear in the monstrous heat wave and the pervasive smell of burning. On the contrary, his eyes became brighter and full of desire for power. eager.

One sentence can easily decide the life and death of thousands of people, and let them be buried in a sea of ​​flames. This is incomparable to the amount of money my Shen family has earned.

Today is also the most intuitive experience,

What does it mean to be powerful.

"Reporting to Mr. Luo, there is one more thing to report from Caomin. My Shen family still has some accounts related to each family in a shop in Shangjing City. I think it will be of some use to Mr. Luo."

Shen Congwen said in a deep voice, knowing in his heart that he had no way out, so he simply followed his brother's arrangement and handed over everything to him as soon as possible.

……

Shangjing,
Dongshi,

"Lord Luo, please!"

Shen Congwen stood in front of the shop and pointed out.

"My lord, please look!"

After everyone entered the shop, under the guidance of Shen Congwen, they walked up to the attic, and two large boxes caught their eyes.

"crunch..."

Luo Porridge casually opened the wooden box in front of it, and there were hundreds of ledgers lying quietly inside, and the corners of many ledgers had been curled up carefully.
If it weren't for the cotton thread, it might have fallen apart, but even so, you can still smell a faint smell of decay, many of which are old accounts collected.

So it seems that the things in this box are quite old, and the grievances between the four major business gangs have a long history and are not something that happened in recent years.

"Sell private salt and iron ingots to the grassland tribes?"

After flipping through it, Luo Porridge secretly frowned and said, the book in his hand was part of the accounts that recorded the private salt and ironware of Huizhou merchants, each pile was detailed in detail, the year and month, the money and food, and the income, written in black and white clearly.

Naturally, not only the Yan Kingdom bordered Dali, but also the nomadic peoples on the grasslands. In comparison, they were the real alien race, and they were even more ferocious. Salt and iron were exactly what they lacked the most.

The imperial court strictly forbids the sale of these things into the grasslands. I originally thought that those feudal officials who supported the bandits and respected themselves were already daring, but I didn't expect these merchants to do things behind their backs.

"My lord, just keep watching."

"Maybe there are some surprises."

Shen Congwen on the side was not surprised at all, but took out an old account from another box and handed it to Luo Congee, obviously there was something even more explosive.

Luo Congee took it suspiciously, and after flipping through a few pages, he found that it was the ledger of human trafficking by Shanxi merchants. complete industry.

"call……"

"They died unjustly."

Luo Porridge said coldly after exhaling a mouthful of foul air.

"Lord Luo."

"In addition, these are the accounts of our tide merchants."

Shen Congwen then opened a dark cabinet that was hidden deeper, and there were more ledgers piled up in it. Because it was from the family, it was much more detailed.

"As long as Master Luo gives an order, the grass people are also willing to help Master Luo let Chaoshang..."

Shen Congwen said to stop.

"I wonder if the adults are satisfied?"

When Luo Porridge was flipping through,
Shen Congwen spoke at the right time.

"How many vacancies are there in the household department?"

Luo Congee asked.

"Returning to my lord, earlier in the case of Yongle Street, one of the chief bookkeepers died, and Xie Wenxue, the servant of the household department, also died two days ago. My lord also beheaded the two chief bookkeepers this morning, so the position of the peacock in the household department That's quite a lot."

Bai Xiaosheng explained in detail.

"Master?"

"The waiter?"

"That's all, the Japanese officials will be speaking closely with His Majesty tomorrow. If you want to come to the position of servant, I can still reserve it for you."

Luo Porridge put down the ledger, closed the box and nodded.

"Caomin, thank you for your support!"

Shen Congwen was also very surprised when he heard the sound. He originally thought that he would arrange for him to go to the Ministry of Households to take a picture of it slowly. A master book is already invincible, but he didn't expect him to let himself sit in the position of servant.

"After you take the position of the head of the household department, the only task I give you is to connect with the four major business gangs, and then find out all the granaries and bank warehouses of each family in the state and county."

"Of course during this process, I will send Jin Yiwei's plate to assist you."

Luo Porridge did not hide it, originally he wanted to use the channels of the four major business gangs to spread the eyes of the Jinyiwei Intelligence Department all over the world, and now it happened to clean up the internal problems first.

"granary?"

"The bank?"

"My lord, what do you mean?"

"Do you know what the most profitable business in the world is?"

Luo Congee asked back.

"Naturally, it is a foreign trade business by shipping. For example, our Chaozhou merchants will transport the woven cloth and porcelain to overseas countries for sale. The profit is not much different from the money earned by raising the price of grain in Shanghai."

"The other thing is the salt and iron business. After all, those barbarians can't do without these two things. Most of the silver they get from looting the border every year flows back to Dali through this channel..."

Shen Congwen spoke clearly and logically.

Luo Congee shook his head secretly.

"Let me tell you."

"The fastest profitable business in the world is robbing."

"Those wealthy merchants have worked hard for more than a dozen generations, racked their brains to squeeze, exploit, and deceive the people, and the money they have saved may pave the way for the four directions built by the imperial court.

"And I just need to kill them all, the land, food, and money they saved..."

"I think it's much faster than the business of selling."

Luo porridge said quietly.

"Even an adult's knife is fast enough."

"But in the end, it is also detrimental for the long-term."

Shen Congwen bit the bullet and said.

"Exhaust the pond and fish?"

"Long-term disadvantage?"

"It's nothing to think about killing them all."

Luo Porridge patted the embroidered spring knife on his waist and said with a sneer, taking history as a mirror, millions of people died in the previous life, and it didn't hurt the world, on the contrary, the life of the people in the country is much better.

"This……"

"You don't have to worry about the rest."

"You just need to do the things that the official explained as soon as possible. After this is done, it is not impossible to get the position of the Minister..."

Luo Conge looked at Shen Congwen who was still about to refute and waved to interrupt, then left without looking back.

……

Luofu,

Wushi,

"Send all these ledgers to the palace."

Luo Porridge looked at the boxes of ledgers and pondered for a long time, and finally gave an order in a deep voice.

"It will also let His Majesty know how many days of angry and resentful things he has done behind his back, and how much money he has earned."

Luo porridge plays with flavor.

"My lord wants to..."

Bai Xiaosheng vaguely understood something.

"Collect heavy taxes from merchants all over the world,"

"Force them all to show their heads!"

Luo Congee said in a low voice.

"Lord Luo, although the imperial court has been emphasizing agriculture and suppressing merchants since ancient times, they are still people of the same class. If they all unite, I am afraid it will not be easy to get along with each other. Even your lord, you are very powerful, and you really want to break it." Their way of making money is probably because they are dissatisfied."

"Those who refuse to accept will be killed!"

Luo Congee sternly said that the brows were full of coldness.

(End of this chapter)