Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 354 Yangzhou salt merchants collectively rebelled!

"Hey, this dear friend. This is the girl I ordered~"

"Go away." The fat man threw down some broken silver and waved his hand impatiently.

Mr. Turtle ran over quickly and pointed to the door:

"get out."

Jiang Yu was stunned, realizing for the first time that this society might be different from what he had seen before.

He suppressed his depression and tried to reason:

"I am also a guest. There is always someone who comes first, right? Also, does it hurt my self-esteem too much when you talk like this?"

"It hurts your mother's head."

Mr. Turtle was rude casually. He really couldn't tolerate this poor man in rags.

Wave inside:

"Someone is causing trouble here."

Hurrah, four thugs came over.

Turtle Gong said proudly:
"Pay the money."

"What's the compensation?"

"This guzheng has wear and tear, and so does Miss Ruyue. Tell me, do you want to pay for it or get beaten?"

……

The fat man hugged Ruyue, pinching and pinching.

Pointing at Jiang Yu:

"With his behavior, he won't be able to earn 1000 taels of silver in his lifetime. Little white faces are unreliable. Only strong and wealthy men like me know how to care for others."

Jiang Yu's face turned red.

Being poor is not fun at all!
He was trembling all over and yelled outside: "Chu Er~"

"Master, the younger one is here."

Chu Er rushed in like the wind with four bodyguards.

Turtle Gong was stunned:

"Butler Chu, why are you here? Where is our young master?"

……

Chu Er punched Gui Gong in front of him, causing him to fall backwards to the ground.

"Beat me, beat me hard. If I don't beat three or five people to death today, I won't be able to be a servant of the Jiang Mansion anymore."

The four bodyguards were all born in the Lian family. They had seen blood in the world and were ruthless in their moves.

There were screams in the building, ping ping ping ping ping~
The madam, the thugs, and the girl were beaten until they were rolling on the floor.

Jiang Yu jumped to his feet and cursed:

"I can't bear it any longer. It's you who forced me to bully others."

Chu Er quickly lowered his head and bowed:

"Master, don't be angry. It's not worth the harm. You don't need to endure it. I promise to turn this turtle hole upside down and defeat all these snobbish eyes."

At this moment, Ruyue wanted to dig out one of her own eyes.

She came over flatteringly and said in a soft voice:

"Mr. Jiang~"

Jiang Yu's hair stood up all over his body and he said in disgust:
"I still like your unruly look before. I really want to ask you, is the talent of a poor man so worthless?"

Ruyue seemed to have been struck by lightning, standing there dumbly.

in fact,

She wanted to point at Jiang Yu's nose and tell him loudly:
in this world,

The talent of a poor man is as unattractive as the talent of an old woman! If others are willing to take one more look and appreciate one more time, it is a gift!

You dandy, you don’t understand the hardships of the world at all!

……

It's a pity that she didn't dare to say it!

He was afraid that he would hurt Mr. Jiang's fragile face and get beaten up by the bodyguards.

Actually,
If she said something so direct to people's hearts, maybe Jiang Yu would be deeply stimulated, and then look at her with admiration, and spend a lot of money on her in the future.

The logic of the second generation is different from that of normal people, and sometimes it is difficult to grasp.

……

There are more and more people watching outside.

After hearing the news, the officers from Jinan Prefecture also came to the door with knives and sticks.

"Bold, who is causing trouble and fighting here?"

"Wang Captou, come out and say something."

"Hey, Butler Chu. What are you doing?"

Chu Er and Wang Baotou walked to the corner arm in arm.

For a long time,

Mr. Wang nodded and bowed and left, with an extra banknote in his sleeve.

There is a guard from Green Camp and a promotion official from Jinan Prefecture behind this building. It can be considered a bit powerful, but compared with the salt merchants, it is not impressive enough.

The steward said lightly:

"This is a shady shop. I almost injured my young master. If you feel embarrassed, I will take the post to the Chief Envoy's Yamen to find Fantai."

Jiang Mansion is so brutal.

The chief executive of the Lianghuai salt merchants was a man who could reach heaven.

Naturally, Wang Captou could distinguish the big and small kings, and immediately led his team to escape.

……

"Master Chu, what are you doing?"

Several sharp-eyed Jianghu elements from the provincial capital were also among the crowd watching.

"Brothers, please help me decorate this dark store."

"okay."

A few people were so excited that they found a few wooden poles on the roadside and rushed in, banging bells and banging.

If you do things for Jiang Mansion, you will get a lot of money afterwards.

Although Jiang Yu has only been in Jinan Prefecture for a year, he has successfully established himself as a "wealth-spreading boy".

When the farce ends,
Chu Er saw a familiar face!

"Dad, why are you here?"

"Shhh."

I found an inn and closed the doors and windows.

The old housekeeper respectfully took out the letter from his sleeve:
"Master, there are changes in Yangzhou. The master wants you to leave Jinan immediately."

"where to?"

"Go to Hangzhou."

……

After Jiang Yu read the letter, he paid special attention to one of the secret words in it. There's nothing wrong with the letter. It's definitely what my father meant.

Nod:
"Okay, I'm tired of playing in Jinan Mansion. It's good to change places."

"Yes."

Half an hour later,
The convoy left Jinan without even packing their luggage.

The route is to take the Grand Canal southward first, without entering Yangzhou, and directly transfer overland from Huai'an Prefecture to the Jiaoxie Salt Field in the easternmost part of Yangzhou Prefecture.

Board the ship there and go to Hangzhou.

Jiang Chun borrowed a huge amount of money from the Shanxi Merchant Bank, and this landmine was about to explode.

Arrange your son to go to Hangzhou instead of Suzhou. The main reason is that he is worried that the young master will act in a high-profile manner and bump into people he shouldn't bump into.

……

And Jiang Chun also began to prepare to run away.

Cash, jewelry, and some confidants had already begun to be transferred, and they arrived in Jiangnan in batches on sea ships.

The intelligence agency was surprised by the wealth of the salt merchants.

If Jiang Chun hadn't registered with His Majesty, Liu Qian had even planned to swallow up the Jiang Mansion directly.

Those boatloads of gold, silver and jewels are so tempting!

The Intelligence Agency spends money like water and never has enough funds.

Wuting Bridge in Slender West Lake,

The four major merchants in Yangzhou: Jiang, Mi, Huang and Su, stood on the bridge.

There were strange men on both sides chasing away tourists and not letting anyone get close.

Mr. Huang twirled his whiskers and looked at the men in green clothes in the distance:

"Lao Jiang, when did you find these soldiers to be your servants?"

Jiang Chun smiled slightly:
"Old Huang has good eyesight. These people come from the military. But they are not my servants."

Everyone was stunned, and their faces gradually became weird.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Jiang Chun simply said:

"Yangzhou salt merchants share weal and woe. After careful consideration, I decided to join Wu."

……

The other three were not very surprised.

The chubby General Merchant Mi sighed:

"Actually, we have guessed a little bit. Have we reached an agreement with them?"

"Correct."

The lean Mr. Huang asked in a low voice:

"Have you weighed it?"

"Well, if we stay with the Qing court, the day will not be far when our family will be confiscated and our clan will be exterminated."

"Is there any basis for this?"

"Of course there is. His Majesty the State of Wu personally arranged for the Qing government to kill the Saxon mission, completely cutting off the future of the Guangzhou port. The financial chain of Shanxi merchants was broken and became the first victim. The next one is the Guangzhou Thirteenth Bank. There is no sea Trade, what's the point of being a trader? Sooner or later, it will be our salt merchant's turn."

3 people were silent. Everyone knows what kind of virtue the imperial court is.

before,

The Shanxi merchants, the Thirteenth Bank, and the salt merchants each had a piece of fat, which was useful for the court's military expenditure, the emperor's inner treasury, and the small treasury of the hundreds of officials and governors.

Everyone coexisted politely and peacefully.

Once the situation deteriorated and the court lost its stable tax source, the delicate balance was broken.

The results are self-evident.

……

"I still say what I said, Yangzhou salt merchants share weal and woe. Have you thought about it all?"

"You are the president, I listen to you."

"Correct."

"Seconded."

As a result, the four major merchants reached a consensus.

Jiang Chun smiled happily:
"Based on my observation of the Wu Kingdom, His Majesty is a powerful ruler who attaches great importance to business. Since ancient times, the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce has been strict, and the status of merchants is low. But if Wu replaces the Qing Dynasty, the status of merchants like us will be different."

Mr. Huang muttered:
"Hey, this is going to conquer the world. It will be hard to say when the world is firmly established."

Jiang Chun was silent, reaching out and patting the pillars of Wuting Bridge:
"Everything is fate, nothing is up to you. Go to my house to discuss the order of evacuation."

When walking down Wuting Bridge,

Mr. Mi and Mr. Huang muttered:
"If they take Yangzhou Prefecture, wouldn't we have to withdraw?"

"With the Jiangbei camp and the Huai'an garrison, the imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops. If we want to capture Yangzhou, we have to eat these hundreds of thousands of people. It won't be easy."

……

Jiang Mansion.

Liu Qian appeared in front of the three general merchants for the first time and looked around with a smile.

Mr. Huang suddenly felt hairs on his back.

He knew that the dwarf in front of him was a ruthless person, far more cruel than himself.

"You have turned from darkness to light to benefit the country, the people, and yourself. I welcome you on behalf of His Majesty. From now on, we will be throwing horses and spoons in the same pot, and we still need to take care of each other."

"It's an honor I've been waiting for."

After greetings,

Let’s get to the point—the order of retreat.

First came the families of the salt merchants, then the gold and silver, then the confidant shopkeepers, the accountants, and finally the four general merchants themselves.

Mr. Mi is very concerned about his many real estate properties.

I couldn't help but ask:
"When will His Majesty's army march north? We can cooperate internally and externally to capture the city of Yangzhou. It is said in the military manual that to defend the river, you must defend the Huaihe River. Our city of Yangzhou is very important."

Liu Qian stopped smiling and stared at Mr. Mi's fat face.

Staring at him made him embarrassed, ashamed and nervous.

Then he slowly said:
"The Northern Expedition is a major military and national event. Don't talk about it, even I can't make the decision. Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and has his own plans. Although the Qing army in Jiangbei is large, in front of our elite Wu army, they are just like chickens and dogs. "

"Okay, everyone, you have a long night and a lot of dreams, so take action quickly."

……

On the same day,

3. The family members of the general merchant left the mansion in the name of fun, and then were taken to the Kok Hsiang Salt Fields with surprised expressions on their faces and boarded a sea ship.

Liu Qian breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that all the people had boarded the ship.

Remove half of the manpower monitoring the salt merchant's residence.

He's under a lot of pressure,

It is necessary to monitor the ships in Qingjiangpu and to detect the ships in Chaohu. Because if the Qing army wants to make a surprise attack, it must cross the river, and to cross the river, it must have a large number of ships.

"Director, this is the intelligence from the brothers investigating Chaohu."

Liu Qian browsed through it.
Sure enough, as Hu Zhihuang said, the Qing army gathered a large number of canoes in Chaohu, and there were also craftsmen building new ships.

Passenger and cargo ships have much lower construction requirements than warships.

"Can it be raided and burned?"

"It's unlikely. There is a warning circle for 5 miles around Chaohu Lake. Three brothers have died in order to get information."

"To support the family members, each family will be given 800 taels of cash. If you have brothers or sons, they will be hired by the Intelligence Agency to take over."

"Yes."

The Intelligence Agency built a closed school near its headquarters.

The nephews and nephews who specialize in absorbing deceased people take over the business.

This trick was learned from Your Majesty.

Li Yu established a juvenile military academy in Dongshan.

Liu Qian thought it was very good, and quietly imitated it and copied a school for the children of the Intelligence Agency. There is no sign, so outsiders don't even know it exists.

Everyone in the Intelligence Agency is very strict!

Liu Qian once warned:
"If you loosen your belt, it won't be a big problem. If you don't keep your mouth tight, it will be a big problem!"

……

"Is there any urgent matter from Jiangxi?"

"not yet."

"As soon as His Majesty's reply arrives, it will be delivered to me immediately no matter when or where."

"Yes."

"Director, the funds within the agency are tight. My subordinates feel that these salt merchants are too fat and the sea is very rough. It is normal for a silver ship to sink. How about~"

"Make it clean at both ends. Don't mess with Jiang Chun's boat."

"Yes."

Liu Qian also had a headache for funds, and it was embarrassing for him to always "open his mouth" to His Majesty. It was also a good choice to get some gold and silver from the salt merchants to fill the funding gap.

People who follow the rules cannot get enough information.

The salt merchants had just surrendered, and they would never dare to act careless in front of His Majesty. Things at sea were unclear and impossible to investigate.

……

"Do you have anything else?"

"The director still remembers that when Qian Feng was assassinated, after the leader of the Yangzhou government office was silenced, someone offered a reward for the capture of his concubine. Now there is news about that woman."

"Oh?" Liu Qianyi jumped up from the recliner.

"The information provided by Mr. Jiang is that the concubine was desperate and followed one of his subordinates, the leader Zao Ding."

Liu Qian walked back and forth several times in the yard.

Suddenly he pointed at his subordinate excitedly:

"You, go and ask Mr. Jiang to come over immediately and be polite."

"Yes."

After his subordinates left, Liu Qian walked into the back room.

A tall, cold woman quickly stood up and saluted.

She is Liu Qian's new favorite, and she has a great influence on his aesthetics. The aesthetics of the 18th century were relatively honest, and the height of the two of them was almost not cute at all.

Liu Qian's eyes were exactly on the same level as the tall woman's two protruding eyes.

"Master, are you happy today?"

"God is wise, our Intelligence Agency will once again perform extraordinary feats for His Majesty."

"Can you talk to the slave family?"

"Don't ask about things within the department, and don't be curious. Only by knowing the rules can you live longer. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

……

The woman felt aggrieved, but Liu Qian stretched out her hand to open the buckle.

"Master~"

"Don't move, stand up straight, and keep your back straight."

What happened next is not suitable to be described in detail.

It is nothing more than a love story between a tall and mighty man and a petite and weak woman~
Put aside the shackles of traditional concepts,
In fact, it doesn’t matter if the two ends are aligned, as long as the middle is aligned!

……

Nanchang Mansion.

The Wu army's camps stretched for several miles, with flags flying.

The weather has become significantly hotter, and the scorching summer is about to rule the south.

After being tested on the battlefield, Wu Jun has reached a consensus internally:

In the future, the big-brimmed hat will only be worn with formal wear, and standard hats will be used in daily battles.

The bamboo hat is covered with a layer of oil paper and then brushed with a layer of tung oil. It is used to protect against heat and rain in summer, and is used with a cotton-lined hat in winter.

With ties to secure.

You can also wear a flying saucer helmet inside the hat.

Flying saucer helmets are gradually being equipped among musketeers, but it will take a long time before they become popular.

The practical one is the best.

Li Yu personally inspected the area. Soldiers wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats stood in the light rain for an hour, and their clothes were still dry.

……

Military supplies needed for the expedition:
Raincoats, bamboo hats, military uniforms, military boots, portable dry food, backpacks, military iron pots, leather products, baggage vehicles, and tents were all distributed to merchants in Jiangnan for contract.

The merchants would then subcontract layer by layer, and countless people in the south of the Yangtze River could earn some money.

These are labor-intensive industries with no technical content.

The Military Industry Administration will provide samples in advance, as well as detailed requirements, including size, materials, quality, delivery time, etc. Of course, the quality requirements for military products are definitely much higher than similar civilian products.

The businessmen under the rule of Wu gradually fell in love with being a long-term supplier to the army.

Large quantity, stable, fixed profit.

And you can raise your own value!

Unknowingly, the merchant class completed its deep binding with Wu State!
……

(End of this chapter)