Mingshi

Chapter 666 Banquet
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Everyone was stunned, this is wrong!Everyone is working together to compete with Luo Xin. Why is the Lu family, the No. [-] family in the southeast, cowardly at this time?On the contrary, Song Danian asked if he realized something:

"How much is the boss going to donate?"

Lu Ding stretched out a slap and said boldly: "50 taels!"

"Pfft hahaha..."

Everyone laughed, and an old man said with a smile: "My family is not as big as the Lu family's family, but I don't want to donate to the Shibo Department. I will donate 45 taels."

"I donate 40 taels!"

"I donate 35 taels!"

"I donate five taels!"

"Hahaha……"

"........."

night!
In the back garden of Shibosi, there are several tables of banquets. The wine is good wine and the dishes are good dishes.It's just that the daily food of these family heads attending the banquet is even better than this, so everyone's energy is not put on the food and wine, but looking at Luo Xin who is in the center of the first table.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Luo Xin also looked at everyone frankly and said: "Everyone eat first, the news I brought to you today is not good news, if I tell you first, it will affect everyone's appetite, so let's eat first .”

After the words fell, Luo Xin raised his glass first, everyone exchanged glances, and they all raised their glasses one after another, and drank it all in one gulp.After putting down the wine glass, Luo Xin stopped talking, but ate with big mouthfuls.Everyone just heard that the news Luo Xin brought was not good, and they believed that Luo Xin must want them to donate money and let them take money out of their own pockets. This is naturally not good news for them.It's just that they were already prepared in their hearts. They came here today to see Luo Xin make a fool of themselves, so they all let go of their hearts and started to eat.All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the whole banquet was surprisingly good.

Looking at their behavior, Luo Xin was also very puzzled.He told them that what he brought was not good news, and Luo couldn't help sighing in confidence that these people could still have such an appetite.

"Their hearts are so big!"

Because everyone just drank a glass of wine and then ate, and there was very little speech during the meal, so everyone ate very quickly, and in about two quarters of an hour, everyone stopped their chopsticks, and their eyes once again focused on Luo. on the body of the letter.Luo Xin smiled faintly and asked:

"Everyone has eaten!"

"Thank you, my lord, we have already eaten."

"Okay, now that everyone is done eating, let's get down to business!"

Everyone's spirits were shaken, and they looked at Luo Xin with burning eyes.Luo Xin's expression became serious and said:
"I think everyone should know that before I came to the southeast, the sea was forbidden in the court. What is the forbidden sea? That is, no boards can go into the sea, let alone smuggling."

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, one by one secretly thought, isn't Luo Xin going to beg for alms like them today?And at this time, Luo Xin said another sentence that made them shudder:

"However, I know that everyone here is smuggling."

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Luo Xin to speak so openly, which made their faces turn sour.Who are they?

They are the patriarchs of aristocratic and wealthy families, and they are the masters of a scholarly family. What does a scholarly family think of money?
Consider it copper stink!
How could a scholarly family be contaminated with copper stink?To do smuggling?

So, did they smuggle?

Of course!
They need money, and they like money just like those businessmen with the lowest status in Ming Dynasty, and they also need money.However, they can't admit that they like money, and they can't admit that they smuggle, because their scholars, they are people of character;

In layman's terms, these people want to be prostitutes and erect memorial archways.

Things can be done, but they cannot be said, let alone let others say them.Others said that it would be to slap them in the face again. Now that Luo Xin is slapping them in the face, these people immediately became unwilling. They all said as if they had been humiliated to the extreme:
"My lord, you are slandering..."

Luo Xin waved his hand to stop them and said: "I don't care if you are really confused or pretend to be confused, what I want to tell you here tonight is that your previous smuggling matters will be forgotten, and I will not blame the past. But Starting tonight, this officer solemnly reminds everyone that smuggling is a crime of beheading. Don’t regret it until it’s too late.”

"grown ups……"

Seeing that Luo Xin actually started to threaten them, everyone felt angry.From their point of view, Luo Xin was giving them a warning before making a donation.This is to make them bleed!This must be argued with Luo Xin, and the smuggling cannot be admitted, otherwise Luo Xin will catch him.

However, just when these people tried their best to fight with Luo Xin, they saw Luo Xin stand up and shouted:

"see a visitor out!"

When the words fell, he flicked his robe sleeves, thinking about going to the back hall.At this moment, everyone was stunned.

Luo Xin invited them to the banquet, didn't he ask them to donate money?
First point out that they are all smuggling, isn't it to scare them so that they can donate more?
Why did Luo Xin see off the guests before the discussion started?
Didn't Luo Xin have the idea of ​​asking them to donate at all?
So what does he mean?
Invite people here just to scare them?
These people left in confusion, instead of going back to their respective homes, they found a restaurant to get together, trying to find out what kind of medicine was buried in Luo Xin's gourd?

Prefect Yamen.

Song Danian's housekeeper hurried in.

"grown ups!"

Song Danian put down the scroll in his hand, and asked calmly: "Luo Xin's banquet is over? How much money did he raise?"

The butler wiped his sweat and said, "I didn't raise a penny."

"Huh?" Song Danian showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Then Luo Xin didn't have a mold at all. According to those who left, after Luo Xin came forward, he just toasted a glass of wine, and then announced the meal without saying a word during the banquet. After the banquet was over, he pointed out that the family members present Rich families are secretly smuggling, and smuggling is a death penalty under the Ming law, and it is a crime that implicates the entire family. He told those who married wealthy families that he would ignore the past smuggling, and let the past not be blamed, but whoever dares to smuggle in the future, he Luo Xin There will be no mercy."

"And then?" Song Danian's face couldn't help but change color.

"Then he saw off the guests, left the table and returned to the back hall."

Song Danian was stunned and said, "What does he mean?"

Then he fell into deep thought and muttered to himself: "Could it be that he really dares to kill? He is not afraid that the forces in the southeast will cut him up? The forces in the southeast are intricate, with officials, aristocratic families, rich families, and There are the most merchants in the world, there are pirates, there are real pirates, and there are fake pirates. Do you, Luo Xin, really think that you are covered in iron?

Once you violate the interests of these people and let these people gather together, then you really have no place to die. "

Song Danian stood up, walked to the window, pushed the window open, the cold wind blowing outside made his eyes darken.

"Luo Xin! Luo Xin! I thought that when I first arrived in the southeast, I was full of enthusiasm and wanted to establish a career in the southeast, but I found that this place is a quagmire that will only get deeper and deeper. Only you You can only survive here if you become mud. If you refuse to change, you will sink into the mud and suffocate to death.

Luo Xin, are you going to get into a deep quagmire?

What a pity!Sad! "

Song Danian stood there and sighed for a while, then turned his head to look at the housekeeper and asked, "Where are those wealthy families?"

"They gathered in Taibai Building."

"Ha ha……"

"Master, we..."

"We don't have to do anything, just watch from the sidelines. Let's see whether Luo Xin dug the quagmire, or the quagmire submerged Luo Xin. Tomorrow I will leave Hangzhou and inspect the counties below. Send me the message."

"Yes, sir."

"Hehe... I really want to know what kind of face those wealthy families are now, they probably didn't expect Luo Xin to be so tough?"

"Master, do you think that Luo Xin is bluffing?"

Song Danian pondered for a while and said: "It's hard to say, there are three days until the smuggling days of these aristocratic families, we just stand aside and watch quietly."

Taibai Building.

"I think that little Luo Xin is just bluffing." The Patriarch of the Cui family said disdainfully.

"If not?"

"Okay, don't talk about it anymore." Lu Ding patted the table and said, "Whether Luo Xin is bluffing or not, we will know after we try it."

"How to try?"

"There are still three days until our smuggling day. We say it is smuggling, but in fact, no one in the southeast knows it. But so what? Even Hu Zongxian, who holds a heavy army, dare not control us, so I don't believe him. Tube?"

"Then shall we go normally?"

"No`!" Lu Ding shook his head and said, "After three days, each of our families will only smuggle [-]% of the previous goods. If Luo Xin dares to show up, then he will not only offend our entire wealthy family in the southeast, but also cut off the Japanese pirates and pirates. In this way, we can join forces with the Japanese pirates and completely erase Luo Xin from this world."

"Then what if Luo Xin didn't show up at all, just a bluff?"

"That proves that Luo Xin is nothing special, we will use every means to drive him out of the southeast."

"I think Luo Xin's kid is just bluffing. Mr. Song cut off his supplies for nearly ten days. Isn't he also huddled in the Shibo Department, not even daring to fart?"

"Don't tell me, when Huang Jin came a few days ago, Luo Xin seemed to have found his father, begging Huang Jin to take care of Song Danian's request for supplies, I don't know how Luo Xin begged Huang Jin, and how much benefit he gave Huang Jin , that Huang Jin really went, but Mr. Song played an empty city plan, hahaha..."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed loudly, and when the laughter died down, another person said: "I think Luo Xin got stuck with Mr. Song, and then wants to pinch them like soft persimmons to scare us. If we were afraid, we would naturally beg his door and offer gold and silver obediently. However, he is still too young and doesn't know much about Dongnan. Compared with us, Song Danian is a soft persimmon .”

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed loudly again, and everyone relaxed.At this time, they had already concluded that Luo Xin was just trying to scare them, and then waited for them to beg to come to the door.Lu Ding also relaxed and said with a low smile:

"Anyway, let's ship [-]% of the goods in three days."

"Master Lu, if we only deliver [-]% of the goods in three days, what about the rest of the goods?"

Lu Ding said with a smile: "Tell those sea merchants to order more ships next time, and we will sell the remaining [-]% of the goods to them together with next month's goods."

"next time?"

"That's right! If Luo Xin dares to make a move, we will only lose [-]% of the goods, but drive the pirates and Japanese pirates to hate Luo Xin. We only need to provide information and make some plans to lure Luo Xin out of Hangzhou, and the Japanese pirates can kill them." Luo Xin. Even if Luo Xin is brave, I don’t believe that thousands or even tens of thousands of Japanese pirates will not be able to kill Luo Xin’s son. One month’s time is enough to kill Luo Xin, and it will not affect our business with the sea merchants next month. If Luo Xin is just trying to scare us, then we can come up with a few things to ruin Luo Xin's reputation in the southeast and drive him away, so as not to delay our deal with the sea merchants next month."

"good!"

Aristocratic families left Taibai Building in a relaxed mood. Lu Ding sat in the carriage, and opposite him sat an aide of the Lu family.The staff member looked worried and said:

"Patriarch, will we lead the wealthy family in the southeast to do this?"

"Are you worried about bringing disaster to the Lu family?"

"I……"

"Don't worry, except for His Majesty the Emperor, no one in the Ming Dynasty would dare to provoke our Lu family, because our Lu family has a Lu handle."

The back hall of the Shibo Division.

Luo Xin sat under a big tree blankly, as if all the strength in his body had been drained.He made a big decision today.Now Huang Jin came with Emperor Jiajing's award and left again.After another seven days at most, Qi Jiguang and Luo Qing will come back.At that time, Qi Jiguang had [-] full soldiers, and Luo Qing could also have [-] soldiers because of his promotion.That adds up to six thousand soldiers.With the military power in his hands and the imperial decree, Luo Xin can do whatever he wants.

However, he didn't want to wield the butcher's knife. After all, those aristocratic and wealthy families are also citizens of Daming. Once the killing ring is started, the entire southeast may be bloodied.Therefore, today he invited the wealthy families of the southeast to a banquet, and gave them a warning. If those wealthy families stopped smuggling after three days and instead took the initiative to cooperate with the Shibo Department, Luo Xin would give them a way out.And make a fortune with them.

but……

If they insist on going their own way, Luo Xin will have no choice but to kill them.Because the smuggling must be stopped, otherwise the Shibo Department is simply a decoration. If you can smuggle without paying taxes, and there is no danger, who will cooperate with the Shibo Department?
And Luo Xin also knew that once he started to kill, he would not be able to hold back. Those wealthy families in the southeast would not be reconciled to revenge on him, and the blood in the southeast would only flow more and more, so Luo Xin and Huang Jin kept saying, The marina thing is just the little things.I'm afraid Luo Xin will leave a notorious reputation in the southeast in the future.Moreover, once this matter is not well controlled, Luo Xin may be smashed to pieces if it is used by Xu Jie's party in the court, so this is also a great danger to Luo Xin.

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