Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 276

They really have their own thoughts, the businessman behind carefully looked back at the escorted cavalry to see if there was any room to escape, the one in the front was sitting in a rickshaw, and the big businessman in the carriage was also on pins and needles, and just helped Song Qingshu with some errands Qu Boju bravely jumped out of the car, trotted to the front, and asked Liu Dazhu, who was shaking the leader.

"General Liu, here! What does the commander mean?"

"Oh, nothing?"

Liu Dazhuzi looks impatient, he has always thought highly of himself, but now he is not even considered first-class, reduced to a second-class figure in the beggar army, before he looked down on the idiot he picked up but has become a high-ranking big brother Handsome, every day is going well, this Liu Dazhuzi is quite unhappy, listless, Liu Dazhuzi lazily hummed.

"A few days ago, I let you low-level businessmen look down upon you. This time, the commander said to show you the strength of begging."

One sentence is quite demeaning, but it is not intended to kill oneself, but to make people feel relieved. Seeing Qu Boju come back with ease, the businessmen behind him also came to listen to it, and after the word spread, they all expressed their hearts. Put it in the stomach, this can be regarded as a way to scare the monkeys, but the monkeys are really curious about what the chicken looks like.

After passing this mountain, a heroic war scene was immediately displayed in front of these businessmen.

The mountain attack practiced by the Qihuo army was loaded with live ammunition this time. Later, it was developed jointly with Tang Ruowang. The small red-clothed cannons of three or four hundred catties bombarded the opposite mountain with the yellow flag, but look at the densely packed scarecrow army. There were bombardments one after another.

Cannonballs were flying on the top of the head, but the begging army below was screaming and killing the shells. This time the begging army did not form a large queue, but attacked forward in the form of Qi Jiguang's team, but everyone was equipped The muskets and bayonets of the guns and bayonets around them are like this. The black surging queue still makes people excited. The shelling stopped when they got closer to the enemy for more than 200 meters. After more than 100 meters, the team in front fired their guns. After a puff of white smoke flashed Immediately retreat, firstly to reload, secondly to supervise the teammates, the musketeers at the back moved forward and continued to raise the muskets to fire the guns, the sound of the musketeers almost never stopped while the wheels were turning in this mode.

Finally, at 25 meters, all the teams no longer cared about the order, and emptied all the bullets together. Finally, with a refreshing click sound, the bayonets were loaded and rushed into the enemy's formation.

This set of fighting is smooth and orderly, not only killing chickens for these businessmen and monkeys to see, but also Song Qingshu's practice of tactical reform. The effect is naturally perfect. Those who have never seen large corps fighting The businessmen were stunned and amazed.

"A mighty army in the world! A mighty army in the world! I'm afraid the Qin army in Shaanxi is nothing more than this?" The Zhang family in Shanxi merchants was an official, after all, they had seen a lot, and Zhang Mingxing, the owner of the Zhang family, couldn't help but nodded and praised.

Liu Dazhuzi sneered when he heard this.

"The Shaanxi frontier army is a bird. At the Fenchuan River, the old men fought bloody all day, defeated more than 1 of them, and killed more than 5000. Are those bear bags worthy of being compared with begging?"

Even if he looked down on Song Qingshu, Liu Dazhuzi was still very proud when he thought of the tragic war that year, but Zhang Mingxing couldn't help being excited when he heard it, vaguely, he seemed to think of the rumor that was circulating in the officialdom.

It's like playing a roller coaster, bypassing this mountain, the sound of guns and guns has disappeared, and the more awe-inspiring merchants can be regarded as arriving at the base camp of the begging army. The destroyed gates and western-style buildings during the Ma's attack last time have long been repaired. It was brand new, and it had been refurbished a lot. After passing through the spacious school grounds, the big guy parked the car beside the school grounds, followed the guide lady of the beggar army, and entered the residential area of ​​the two-story building again.

The sign of the rich these days is the triple yard and the big yard, but in Song Qingshu's era it was a villa garden swimming pool. Now that someone has land, Song Qingshu didn't treat him badly. The place where he entertains guests is a small villa he built himself. Smoothing out, there is a blue swimming pool with deck chairs and parasols beside the pool. Behind it is a two-story villa. The entire two-story building is white with lime, and with the red roof tiles on it, it looks very energetic. Moreover, the window is not paper, but glass. After entering the door, the merchants still wanted to go in in a daze, but they were stopped by the servants at the door to change their shoes, and they were put in warm slippers. These rich people are like old hats.

But no one complained, because the decoration inside is too luxurious, the floor is covered with geometric tiles, the walls are inlaid with white porcelain, and there are crystal lamps hanging on the head. There are no tiles in the Forbidden City. This scene can only be described as magnificent in the eyes of these businessmen.

The hall is very wide, and there are more than 100 people who don't mind being crowded, and Song Qingshu's banquet is different from other dignitaries. His dishes and wine are all prepared and placed on one side of the room, and in the middle is With the table set up, you can take what you want to eat yourself, and there is a band playing the violin at the side. The appearance of the suit and leather shoes is definitely the grade of a high-end club in later generations.

Standing on the second floor to greet these guests, the condescending Song Qingshu seemed to really want to invite everyone to dinner, and there was no nonsense, just holding the wine glass high.

"This is the first anniversary of the establishment of our Jiaduobao store. Thanks to all the bosses and shopkeepers for their hard work, the store is now in great success. Today Song Mou specially invites everyone to gather together for no other purpose, just to have fun, everyone. Come and go, get close and close, there are no outsiders today, everyone just have fun! Come, have a banquet!"

"Respect, Master!" Seeing Song Qingshu drank the wine in one gulp, the businessmen behind him also hurriedly raised their porcelain goblets and cheered.

It was similar to the western cafeteria, where dancers cultivated by the Qihuo army filed in, accompanied the businessmen and tyrants to drink, introduced that kind of food, and some even pulled the businessmen into a ballroom dance to the music. But these oriental scholar-bureaucrats don't know much about international dance, and they stick together with beautiful girls in dresses and long skirts, and there are quite a few people who pick up the opportunity to take advantage of it.

However, there are still people with a heart, looking closely, Song Qingshu has not come down from the banquet, and from time to time, more beautiful hostesses come to invite, and invite some big business owners to go and talk about it later. When Song Qingshu invited everyone to come, he said that there was a big deal to discuss. Could it be that there is really a big deal?
But after waiting for a long time, no one came to invite me, which made those merchants feel sore again. Dong Song's family didn't like my business!

However, those outside envy those who come in, and those who come in are also envious of those outside. This is really the case with the troubles of the world.

The environment on the second floor is not bad either, surrounded by leather sofas, wine and begging army cigarettes that are not on the market, but the atmosphere is much more depressing, wearing a suit and big sunglasses, Song Qingshu looks like a mafia boss Sitting there with legs crossed, he almost hugged a fairy and drank a cigar. Next to him, who learned from Huang Taiji, was also a circle of guards in suits with revolvers on their waists. On the porcelain coffee table in the middle was a huge The covered dinner plate, no one knows what is hidden inside.

The atmosphere was very oppressive. Seeing that Song Qingshu didn't speak when he came in, the businessmen didn't dare to make a sound, so they just sat on the sofa with a smile carefully.

After a long time, Zhang Mingxing from the Zhang family in Puzhou also came in. There were twelve people in total, all of whom were well-known leaders among Shanxi merchants. Song Qingshu finally snapped his fingers in satisfaction: "Everyone is here, close the door and start a meeting!"

With a bang, the oak door was closed hard, and the lock outside hadn't been heard clattering. The twelve big businessmen who heard it couldn't help sweating on their foreheads, and it was Qu Boju who relied on his clan brothers Qu Botao and Song Qingshu Standing up with a smile, he said, "Marshal, gather us colleagues from the business world here, I don't know, what kind of business do you want to discuss?"

"Business is not in a hurry!"

It can be regarded as standing up, supporting his elbow with one hand and resting his chin with the other, Song Qingshu lowered his head and looked at this group of guys sullenly.

"Song has a question, have you heard of the Huangshan case?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the businessmen in the room all changed.

These days, who doesn't know that the big case during the Tianqi years, it happened to their colleagues and rival Hui merchants, also known as Wu Yangchun's case of privately appropriating the value of Huangshan wood, it was a big and sensational case.

The Wu family in Shexian County is considered to be the best among Huizhou merchants. Their ancestors made a living by selling Huangshan wood. Salt, tea, and wood were also the main industries of Huizhou merchants at that time. Even Song Qingshu bought tea from Huizhou merchants. Huizhou merchants are different from Shanxi merchants. Huizhou merchants will be Confucian merchants. While doing business, they will study and support their children to obtain fame. This is the case of the Wu family. During the Wanli period, they donated to the capital for the earthquake, and Emperor Shenzong granted the officials of Guanglu Temple in Nanjing. Two of them later helped build Qianqing Palace in the 25th year of Wanli, and were rewarded with the official title of Zhongshu, and also led the Yangzhou Salt Industry. They were really rich and powerful.

But it was because of being too rich that it caused the disaster, and was targeted by Wei Zhongxian, and when the family was separated, Wu Yangchun, the owner of the Wu family, offended the father of Wu Kongjia, a talented man in the family, but Wu Kongjia was so talented that he won the number one prize. He was still very unscrupulous and worshiped under Wei Zhongxian's family. After false accusations, eight members of the Wu family were taken to Beijing, tortured to death before a verdict was issued, and millions of family fortunes also fell into the hands of Wei Zhongxian. The crime of the Donglin treasury accused these dead men of being the sponsors of the Donglin Party.

However, it is not the point until here. The point is that Wei Zhongxian, who tasted the sweetness, also sent his confidant Lu Xiawen to Huizhou. Even the local Yanshan Temple was extorted of money. I don’t know how many Huizhou merchants broke their homes for this reason. The Huizhou people who were really forced to resort to riots finally drove Lu Xiawen away alive.

The matter is not over here, Lu Xiawen left, and Xu Jicang came again, this master is not much better than Lu Xiawen, dragged to Shexian County under criminal detention, fortunately, this time he did not wait for him to be imprisoned How many people, Wei Zhongxian fell, and Huizhou merchants retained some vitality.

What happened this time is very similar to the Huangshan case. It was also a eunuch's extortion, and it was also a big firm whose interests were entangled endlessly. If Song Qingshu didn't have the ability, he was locked up and sent to prison. According to the eunuch's pissing nature, who knows if he will get involved Don't think that I and others have a bit of government background, and they will inevitably ruin their families at that time. I am afraid that these businessmen will not know, Song Qingshu also specially asked Caiwei to make a list, and listening to the roster of ruined families on the list, one by one The Jin merchant Haoshi heard cold sweat running down his back, and at the same time looked at Song Qingshu with even more fear.

What is Dashuai Song trying to do by mentioning this matter?
(End of this chapter)